Michael Erin attended the Virginia Military Institute before embarking on a career that has included leadership positions with PacificRock, the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance, and the U.S. Army. Now working as a consultant in Chicago, Illinois, during his free time Michael Erin enjoys attending the theater, swimming, and reading. Also an avid baseball fan, he lists the Chicago Cubs as his favorite major league team. Though the Cubs spent most of the 20th century known as the “lovable losers” for their inability to win a World Series, many dynamic players have thrilled die-hard Cubs fans over the years. Perhaps none was as exciting as Kerry Wood, a young pitching phenom from Texas who sent Cubs fans into a frenzy when he debuted in 1998. Considered one of the top pitching prospects in baseball at the time, the hard-throwing right-hander stunned the baseball world when he struck out a record 20 batters in just his fifth start. Wood walked nobody in his complete game victory, and the only hit was a ground ball that could easily have been scored an error. As such, the performance is considered by many to be the greatest pitching performance in history. In April of 2018, Major League Baseball announced that Wood’s historic outing would be memorialized in a short film. Scheduled for release on May 6, 2018, the 20th anniversary of the famous game, the film will be promoted at Cubs games throughout April.
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