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Bucking The Trend

By Peter Bernstein

Monday, November 10, 2008

May 6th of this year marked the 10th anniversary of Kerry Wood's famed 20 strikeout game, one some call the greatest game ever pitched. Kid-K's fabulous 1998 season won him the Rookie-of-the-Year award and propelled the Cubs into the postseason for a few days. It's been a long ten years for Wood, and it's also been a long ten years since the Cubs got a major contribution from a first-year player. Until now. Geovany Soto has won the award in the NL this year in runaway fashion. Talk about brea ...

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