After a 14-year career that never quite lived up to its initial promise but still provided plenty of thrills, Kerry Wood appears finally ready to call it quits. According to reports , the 34-year-old Chicago Cubs pitcher will soon retire, but plans to have one last swan song by being available out of the bullpen for some or all of this weekend's crosstown series against the White Sox at Wrigley Field. Wood hanging it up in the middle of the season doesn't come as a surprise if you've been following him during 2012. He's allowed eight runs, eight hits and 11 walks over 8 1/3 innings of work and his lone highlight before Friday — tossing his glove and cap into the stands after blowing a lead — was anything but. A lot of Cubs fans were skeptical that Wood had anything left when he signed a one-year contract worth $3 million last offseason and the aging right-hander did nothing to prove those doubters wrong. That still doesn't mean that this isn't a sad day in Chicago sports. Wood has always been a fan favorite on the North Side of Chicago, beginning with his days as a phenom in 1998 and lasting through the elder statesman portion of his career. While fans in other locales...