As you ready yourself for tonight’s Cubs/Cardinals tilt, enjoy something that happened 17 years ago today. The Kerry Wood Game, the 20 Strikeout Game … whatever you want to call it, it was pretty much the best pitching performance ever:
And if you don’t want to watch the whole video, this Vine is pretty awesome:
17 years ago today, @KerryWood struck out 20 batters in a game. #LightsOut https://t.co/OMPcGCyrMi
— MLB (@MLB) May 6, 2015
I think I can make out all 20 in that 6-second clip. Amazing. For any of you who use Vine, you know how hard that must have been to make (unless they used some kind of add-on software, which is totally cheating).