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Kerry Wood's 20 K, Roger Bannister's Sub-4 Mile Anniversary
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10 Years Ago He Struck Out 20, Tonight He'll Walk At Least 10
5/6/08
Since the sports world is a little slow today, time to reflect on the anniversary of two things very fast - Kerry Wood's arm and Roger Bannister's legs.
May 6th, 1954, an Oxford University student set out to accomplish a most challenging goal - break the 4-minute mile - a feat that was previously said to be impossible. Here's some old school news footage of the event. As someone who ran competitively throughout school and still fancies himself "a runner," I've always enjoyed this quote from Bannister: "The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win."
The other notable anniversary hits a little closer to home, so allow me to pull you down into self-indulgent Cubs memory lane.
10 years ago today, I had illusions of grandeur ... or wait, that might have been delusions. I was certain I was watching the pitcher who would finally bring the Cubs a World Series title during my life. In 1998, Kerry Wood threw a one-hit, 20 strikeout filthy gem against the Houston Astros. In my life of watching baseball, I've still never seen a more dominating performance. Baseball statistician Bill James has some crazy point system for starts and it still has Wood's rookie year outing as the very best of all-time.
While watching this video again gives me the chills, it's also incredibly painful. This anniversary will be even more difficult to digest when he blows another save tonight.
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