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Viva El Birdos —
... edmonds is a cub. and they can have 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 . . . . . . ...
Cubs Sign Edmonds
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
The Chicago Cubs have signed Jim Edmonds to a contract for the remainder of the '08 season. Edmonds, who was released by the Padres last Friday, will make about $284K, the prorated league minimum.
To make room on the roster, the Cubs demoted Felix Pie to AAA. Pie was hitting .222/.286/.286.
This is a move that costs the Cubs nothing and could end up with big rewards. Since Pie had minor league options, the Cubs did not have to give up a player in the hopes that Edmonds can turn his season around. Edmonds was hitting ...
Thursday Morning Headline
A League of Her Own —
There's really only one.
Kiss my ass, Edmonds
Welcome to the never-ending "Class A Experience," asshole:
By taking a gamble that Jim Edmonds still can be a productive center fielder and hitter, Cubs general manager Jim Hendry knew he was inviting criticism from fans who have invested a lot of time loathing the former Cardinals star.
"There is really no negative in it," Hendry said. "You're not giving up players. You're not spending a lot of dollars, so you look at things like that and, ...
No One in the Cubs Has Seen Jim Edmonds Play Lately
FanHouse —
Filed under: Chicago, Cubs, NL Central, MLB TransactionsThat's really the only excuse for the debacle that is Jim Edmonds-in-pinstripes. When the signing was finalized, the only thing any reasonable observer could say was, well, apparently no one on the Cubs has seen Jim play lately. They'll see him soon enough. And guess what? Jim Hendry and Lou Piniella basically admit as much. Emphasis regrettably mine: [Hendry]: "The people we had watch him in their normal coverage-we weren't scouting ...
