Kerry Wood's Goodbye Ad

The full-page newspaper ad Kerry Wood placed last month to thank Cubs fans. (Link opens .pdf -- thanks to BCB reader dat cub fan daver for sending the .pdf)

9 months ago Al 36 comments 6 recs |

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

I got chills reading this...

He will be missed.

Someday we'll go all the way...

by CubsBullsBears on Feb 10, 2009 2:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

sniff, sniff...I'm so proud of my baby...

I don’t mean Kerry Wood, I mean the PDF.

We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.

by dat cubfan daver on Feb 10, 2009 2:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

34 Thanks

to Wood and to Al for posting this.

"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic

by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 10, 2009 2:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Damnit.

I know it’s a business, but you can’t tell me Kevin Gregg is gonna be better than Kerry Wood. And Wood is a fan favorite with Cubs’ loyalties. Still makes me mad.

Dan

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Feb 10, 2009 3:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Think of it as Marmol replacing Woody

and Gregg replacing Howry.

To me, the big question is, who replaces Marmol?

I think Angel Guman is the wildcard in the bullpen mix.

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on Feb 10, 2009 3:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Guzman, I mean

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on Feb 10, 2009 3:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Guzman had better be good.

Or the bullpen will not be as good as last year.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Feb 10, 2009 3:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Eh

Hopefully this is a nice little two year vacation for him. That way he can come home after his Indian days are done

#34: You'll be missed!

by Chanman25 on Feb 10, 2009 4:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I almost certainly think this isn't his last time in the Cubs organization

Whether as a pitcher, coach, or working in the front office. Maybe when he retires, he could announce games?

#34: You'll be missed!

by Chanman25 on Feb 10, 2009 4:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

announce

or do the Post Game Show

"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic

by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 10, 2009 5:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

personally

i want dempster in the booth once his arm is finally done. I remember listening to the games he’d call when he was in the ’pen, was pretty funny.

There's nothing wrong with this team that more pitching, more fielding and more hitting couldn't help......"--Bill Buckner

by laidbackliam on Feb 11, 2009 4:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Thank you for posting this!

Not living in the Chicagoland area, this was my first time actually “seeing” the ad. Rec’d!

"Yes, dear. You're right. I'm sorry." -Bob Brenly

by ambrosiadreams on Feb 10, 2009 6:29 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I forgot

the poster who said they would email it to Al to post for us, and wish to thank him as well, you made my day!

"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic

by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 10, 2009 7:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Uh, that would be me.

Al mentions it in the text of this Fanshot.

Oh, and you’re welcome.

We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.

by dat cubfan daver on Feb 11, 2009 10:08 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

DOH!

missed that……my bad

"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic

by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 11, 2009 4:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for posting this, Al.

Kerry’s simple gesture was all class.

He will truly be missed. I wish him well in Cleveland.

"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru

by LAcarl519 on Feb 10, 2009 7:07 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Karros did one too, right?

"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic

by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 10, 2009 7:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Feb 10, 2009 7:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

never seen it

but it is cool that players do this, especially a player like Karros who was not a long term resident here.

"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic

by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 10, 2009 7:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

For better or worse....

so did Sammy Sosa.

"Don't complain to me about the stormy weather, boys. Just bring the ship into port." --Steve Stone, September 2004

by ctcoff99 on Feb 12, 2009 1:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

i DL'd it and can't bring myself to read it

Lord, but I will miss seeing that big Texan there .. and my pastor, who’s from deep inside the Lone Star State and who I gave a Wood T just as the playoffs began, is a Cubs fan only because of him

Now all I hear about is the Longhorns …

Hendry, I hate you.

Well, Next Year is here .. and Jack's century's gotta end some time .. GO CUBBIES!

by cubnational on Feb 10, 2009 10:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

try

living in Austin, TX and not being a college fan to speak of. I am turning into an anti-Longhorn fan because of it. But the coeds always fix that problem lol

"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic

by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 10, 2009 10:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Woody is 100% class act, and will be sorely missed in the Cubbie blue. Watched the rebroadcast of the 20-strikeout game on the MLB network the other night, and found myself riveted some 11 years later!

by NashCub on Feb 11, 2009 7:25 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Luckily

I was not blacked out (tongue in cheek) and DVR’s it

"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic

by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 11, 2009 7:42 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks Al

Thanks to Kerry. True class act, he will be missed. Sometimes in business you make exceptions, Kerry Wood should of been that exception. Hendry should of tried to hammer something out.
Best of luck in Cleveland Kerry.

"Have You heard of the Boom on Mizar 5?"

by Grockcubs on Feb 11, 2009 8:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Love Wood (wait...)

Can’t wait til his return.

As an aside, MLBN just aired his twenty-strikeout game over the weekend. Woody can go where he pleases but he’ll always be a Cub.

make*art

by neverAcquiesce on Feb 12, 2009 11:51 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

The only thing cooler than that...

will be the standing ovation that Kerry and DeRo get in their first game back at Wrigley on June 19th.

"Don't complain to me about the stormy weather, boys. Just bring the ship into port." --Steve Stone, September 2004

by ctcoff99 on Feb 12, 2009 1:59 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I hope Wood is sitting on the bench for three days.

Because that’d mean the Tribe wouldn’t need a closer.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Feb 12, 2009 2:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

he is welcome

to PH in the 9th down 5

"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic

by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 12, 2009 2:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

yabbut...

…could also mean Cleveland’s sitting on 10 run lead and ballhawk’s kicking himself for getting a bleacher ticket and actually watching the game from the inside while all those homers went sailing out on to Waveland… ;-)

If I do get tickets for this series, you better believe I’ll be praying for wind blowing in. If I don’t, then, let the southwest gales blow!!!

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Feb 12, 2009 7:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

hence my PH down 5

"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic

by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 12, 2009 8:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

what's cool about that series

is that not only are my two favorite former cubs going to be playing for the indians, but a family friend signed a minor league deal with the indians in a relief role, so i’ve got even more incentive to watch and root for an AL team. that said, i hope they play well against the cubs, but i pray to god they don’t win once!

There's nothing wrong with this team that more pitching, more fielding and more hitting couldn't help......"--Bill Buckner

by laidbackliam on Feb 13, 2009 2:43 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Who's the family friend?

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Feb 13, 2009 8:51 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

matt herges

was a member of every NL west team ever, the rockies and the expo’s.

his family are die hard cardinal fans, i’d love, love love it if the cubs had put him in a minor league deal. not for the team, but for the fact that i’d buy a Herges jersey in a heart beat and wear it every time i go back home.

There's nothing wrong with this team that more pitching, more fielding and more hitting couldn't help......"--Bill Buckner

by laidbackliam on Feb 13, 2009 6:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs