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It's Official: Jim Edmonds Is A Cub
Published 5/15/2008 by Matt Clapp (noreply@blogger.com) at Sharapova's Thigh
... The baseball player I've maybe hated more than any other in my lifetime is going to be on my beloved Chicago Cubs, and in the lineup tomorrow against the team that just released him. Oh my. Unlike most of Cubdom though, I am not considering suicide over it. The Cubs signed the 37-year-old(and turns 38 in June) Edmonds , the former All-Star of the St. Louis Cardinals(the Cubs' biggest rival), to the prorated league minimum contract of $284,000. They also sent 23-year-old center fielder Felix Pie down to Triple-A Iowa to make some adjustments at the plate which he certainly needs ...

Thursday Morning Odds and Ends, Swapping Out The Lefties Edition
Published 5/15/2008 by Colin Wyers at GoatRiders of the Apocalypse -
Well, as it turns out, Jim Hendry doesn't make his personnel decisions based upon what he finds on blogs. (Even if the Tribune will now report on our derision!) I honestly can't say I'm surprised. Jim Edmonds is officially a Cub. Here's the breakdown: The Cubs sent Pie to Triple-A Iowa after the game to make room for Edmonds, as well as for Pie to get his act together in the minors. There may be another move in the offing as well. Outfielder Daryle Ward came up with a ...

Baseball Today: Thursday, May 14
Published 5/15/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... the reasons why Barry Bonds' continued unemployment isn't necessarily a case of collusion. It came in response to Dave Zirin of the blog The Starting Five calling the Bonds saga a "case of blackballing so obvious it would shame a Dartmouth frat house." OH, NO! The blog Big League Stew has checked around and discovered that Cubs Nation isn't too thrilled about the impending acquisition of Jim Edmonds. Cubs GM Jim Hendry disagrees, but ace Carlos Zambrano sides with the fans . . . though probably not for the ...

Open Thread: Cubs vs. Padres, Thursday 5/15, 1:20 CT
Published 5/15/2008 by Al at Bleed Cubbie Blue: Front Page Posts
... him. he’ll probably fare better in wrigley than he did in petco park, where he hit .091 (3 hits in 33 trips), but he’s washed up nonetheless. the cardinals moved him so he wouldn’t block their prized cf prospect, colby rasmus; the cubs just acquired him and another castoff, reed johnson, to block the path of their young stud cfer, felix pie. better them than us. Padres fans weigh in, too. (That post also contains a really frightening photo. Beware!) Jim Hendry explains the move: "There is really no negative in ...

It Starts
Published 5/15/2008 by Chuck (noreply@blogger.com) at Ivy Chat
... Most intelligent people, a group discounted by Hendry, think that Edmonds is not only running on empty, but should spend a few games at Iowa and prove that he can still play. ...