The Cubs will honor Kid K with a Kerry Wood Appreciation Day Sunday, Sept. 23 at Wrigley Field.

There will be a pregame ceremony before the 1:20 contest against the Cardinals and the first 20,000 fans will get a commemorative Kerry Wood poster, courtesy of Advocate Health Care.

Wood's son, Justin (he of the infamous photo on the right), will throw out the first pitch to his father. The entire Wood family will sing the Seventh Inning Stretch and proceeds from the Cubs' 50/50 raffle will go to the Wood Family Foundation, which was founded in June of last year by Kerry and his wife Sarah.

Wood surprised Cubs fans by announcing his retirement May 18 before making his final appearance against the White Sox, striking out Dayan Viciedo. He was a fan favorite during his 12 years on the North Side, as evidenced by the roar at the Cubs Convention in January when Pat Hughes announced "some breaking news" in Wood re-signing with the team.

The 35-year-old racked up more than 1,500 strikeouts in his 14-year career, including 1,470 in a Cubs uniform. He struck out at least 217 batters for three straight years from 2001-03. He led the NL with 266 strikeouts in the Cubs' heartbreaking 2003 season, with an 11.3 K/9 rate.

As much as he is known for his strikeouts, Wood is also famous for his myriad of arm injuries over the years. After starting just 14 games from 2005-06, he reinvented himself as a reliever and never started again. The 1998 Rookie of the Year even wound up saving 54 games from 2008-09.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Free promo Arm Sling, sponsored by Dominik's, to the first 15,000 fans.

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Free white towels to the 1st 10,000 provided by Holiday Inn

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

It would be nice if this shit came to an end.

I'm guessing other teams do stupid shit like this to some extent.

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Today they saluted the 2012 interns before the game. Stop living in the past idiots.

Didn't the Cubs do that right after he struck out Dayan Viciedo in a White Sox/Cubs' game at Wrigley? Am I missing something?

Don't let shit like this bother you. You'll live longer.

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Team Cutler.

Why not celebrate the greatest game ever pitched again?

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I thought Comcast SportsNet did that during the MLB All-Star Break...The 1998 game where he struck out 20 Astros, and later telling CSNC's bald-headed David Kaplan about arm issues during that milestone game.

Why would they celebrate Don Larsen?

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

like I said, I pity you

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Coming in 2020: Jason Berken Appreciation Day


6 SO innings vs. the 1st place Reds. Is he part of the puzzle?

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Didn't they already have this a few months ago?

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

You are right, but it is extremely hard not to.

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They should let the bj mime sing the stretch.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Why is that photo infamous?

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You know me like that.

Dogs in RF bleachers dressed like Elvis, taking a shower> honoring former players

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They should really honor all the other Cubs that have been integral parts of 4 different Cub playoff teams before they get to Wood.

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You know me like that.

I know. They make celebrating minimal success an art form. Some days it gets to me, most it doesn't.

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Team Cutler.

My appreciation of Kerry Wood makes me less desirous of a Cubs World Series.

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You know me like that.

I got Wood.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

I think it's interesting that the only reason Sox fans like Paul Konerko is because Brad Lidge kind of sucks.

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You know me like that.

That and he never, ever has been suspected of PED's.

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I hope I live to see the day that my grandchild can shake the hand of the first White Sox fan to ever take an entry-level undergraduate marketing class.

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You know me like that.

Fuck the 69 Cubs. Why not honor the 84 team that was the best Chicago Cub team in modern history? The fucking Tigers wanted no part of that at all. Fuck Steve Garvey and the Pudres. Best Cub team ever. And they still blew it. Eats my ass to this day.

Why always so bitter?

Why always an a..hole Congrats to your Reds and I hope Dusty is gonna be OK. Anybody but the Cardinals is fine with me.

Mark Gubicza bobblehead night in KC!

Its as cheesy as any other stunt ....'Cheese" brought to you by the American Dairy Farmers, "Stunt" brought to you by Geico...and here is the pitch...AJ gets another walk...that walk sponsored by The CTA, dont walk, ride the bus! Adam Dunn now up, batters up...brought to you by Home Run Inn.

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