Terry Mulholland News

Jim Riggleman carries the burden with him to this day. He knows Kerry Wood is serving his 10th stint on the disabled list, and Riggleman can't help second-guessing himself all the way back to 1998.

OK, so here's Major League Baseball's idea: Take arguably the most exciting game scenario in all of baseball - one that has happened only 14 times in major league history - and make it happen twice a year, every year.

The 1998 season was remarkable for many reasons -- not the least of which was the Cubs ' first playoff season in nine years, and the first wild card postseason spot won by the Cubs.

Jack Morris received two-thirds of the writers' votes, giving him hope that he will be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013 or '14. Jack Morris didn't make the Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday, but he received the biggest jump in his vote total since he debuted on the ballot in 2000.

There are only four pitchers on this year's 27-player 2012 Baseball Writers Association of America ballot .