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Kerry Wood, 20, poses with a “fireball” during a 1998 SI photo shoot. (Michael O’Neill/SI)

SI VAULT: Only 20, Wood strikes out 20 in dominant performance (5.18.98)

—Kerry Wood will always be one of my all time favorite players. He gave everything he had to the Cubs. I will always tear up watching clips of his final performance and walking off the field after the K and hugging his son.  So good.