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Baseball's Seven Wonders: Kerry Wood's 20-K Game - Baseball ProspectusBaseball Prospectus
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25 years ago today, Kerry Wood pitched the game of a generation – NBC Sports Chicago
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Dodgers' Max Scherzer Records His 3,000th Career Strikeout - The New York Times
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Kerry Wood reflects on 20 strikeout game on 25th anniversary
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Before UIL had pitch limits, Kerry Wood threw 175 pitches in one day and another future pro threw 251 in a game
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The 25 Best MLB Pitchers Since 1990 to Never Win a Cy Young Award, News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
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May 6, 1998: Kerry Wood's 20 strikeout game
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ESPN - Kerry Wood thinks that Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa may have saved baseball back in 1998.
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The Greatest Pitcher Hitting Moments in Recent MLB History - The Ringer
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Was Cubs Rookie Kerry Wood's 20 Strikeout Performance the Greatest in Baseball History?
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The most influential year in Cubs history, 20 years later: 'It did change everything' - The Athletic
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Pederson, Arrieta lead Cubs over Darvish, Padres