Good move.

As a Cardinal fan I love watching the Cubs lose and enjoy bashing them.  But I have to admit, Kerry Wood is a class act.  He'll join Spalding, Banks, Anson, Brown and other truly great Cubs legends.

Sometimes, I wonder about the intelligence of the Cub fans.

Well said box truck - especially when you followed it up with

The Cubs will be fun to watch in 2012; they will play good fundamental baseball; they may not win a great deal of games, but the future sure looks brighter for all of us as Cub fans.

You have absolutely nothing to back this up with except for the blind faith you have as a Cub fan in Theo & Company. I do not have that kind of blind faith that there will be fundamentally sound baseball displayed by a poor fielding SS and LF and unknowns at 1B and 3B and RF. How this group will gel defensively is anyone's guess - but, enjoy the faith brother. Enjoy the faith.

Break up the Cubs.  An aging, injury prone releiver should make the difference in them winning 59 games instead of 58.  I can only assume this is a signing to trade for prospects at the break.  Some team will be looking for bullpen help and if Wood is healthy, and if he is pitching well they might be able to get a below average prospect for him.  On second thought, this is pretty inconsequential...and Wood is due for another injury.

It's nice that the Cubs gave Kerry Wood the opportunity to return to the team he originally broke into the Major Leagues with.He could've signed with Philidelphia but chose not to.Also the fans appear to be behind the move judging from their reaction at the Cubs Convention.Hopefully he finds his niche in the Cubs 'pen & things work out for both the Cubs & Kerry Wood.He still has the stuff to fan hitters at a slightly better than 1 per IP ratio. 

Wood will be a releiver and unofficial bull pen coach.

A true Cub fan would realize that this was a great re-sign for the Cub organization.  Sometimes, I wonder about the intelligence of the Cub fans.  Marmol will only get better as a closer; Wood is a perfect setup man; and the pitching staff will certainly be deeper and stronger with the additional arms signed.  Finally, when will Cub fans realize that Fielder is no longer an option.  He does not fit the philosophy of Theo (a big contract over a number of year's) and they have already signed their first baseball of the future.  The one thing that I would still like to see happen is one last big deal for a new left fielder.  I'm sure Theo is trying to make this happen, but dumping that contract is got to be a tough sell.  The Cubs will be fun to watch in 2012; they will play good fundamental baseball; they may not win a great deal of games, but the future sure looks brighter for all of us as Cub fans.

hes a good closer with sean marshall gone hes there guy cause carlos marmol will lose the job

Gotta love the way Theo Epstein and Kerry Wood clearly played this up all week long for emotionally driven Cubs fans. Oooh... let's let the fans sweat it out, leaking rumors that their beloved Kerry Wood is getting offers from other teams, including the rival Reds. Oooh... will Kerry miss the convention? Oh no  Then Theo and Kerry deliver on that Gotcha moment by having the "Big" announcement during the hyped up Cubs Convention thrilling the fans and sending Cub Nation into a tizzy. Nicely played boys. But, it would have been a REAL thrill if you had announced the signing of an IMPACT player - say Prince Fielder, rather than the lovable, but only slightly above average set-up man.