Jim Edmonds
Jim Edmonds
James Patrick "Jim" Edmondsis an American former center fielder in Major League Baseball and a current broadcaster for Fox Sports Midwest. He played for the California/Anaheim Angels, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, and Cincinnati Reds. Known for his defensive abilities – particularly his catches – Edmonds also was a prolific hitter, batting .284 with 393 home runs and an on-base plus slugging percentageof .903. He is affectionately known by Cardinal fans as "Jimmy Baseball" ...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth27 June 1970
CityFullerton, CA
I just saw him kick it one time and I thought, well, they're going to be more concentrating on trying to get the guy at the plate. I just kept running.
I just think that's the way he is. But he got to be such a big phenomenon - for his whole career, basically. I don't think he ever became entirely comfortable with that.
I really wasn't worried about Scotty because he was never really complaining about his shoulder. As long as he's not hurt and not complaining about his shoulder, he's going to be fine.
I hit some balls in batting practice that I thought would be homers and they weren't. Then I hit a couple balls I didn't think were and they ended up in the seats.
I never thought I'd be here, so it's kind of special in my own little way. When you come up playing in this game, you don't really know what you're in for, so you're fortunate to have a career like I've had. I never thought I'd be where I'm at. It's a nice milestone for me. I really never thought I'd get this far. It's nice.
I'm happy (for) one thing: I won't have to worry about running into Reggie anymore.
I'll be out there. I don't have a choice.
It was just ridiculous what happened to us. Somebody put our magic number up on the clubhouse bulletin board, and I don't think we won another game.
I had a chance. Carlos made a great play on Juan. I thought I hit the ball pretty good, but it just didn't go anywhere. I feel bad for Jeff. Jeff pitched a pretty good game, and two big errors, they scored two runs.
In the U.S., port authorities don't have any control over the private side. In Europe they do.
I don't put much thought into anything right now except getting myself more comfortable at the plate and playing hard enough to get something out of these last couple days.
I don't plan on taking many off days after I get back, put it that way. But I don't expect to have to play nine innings soon.
I don't know if too many guys really understand it. The two guys ahead of him obviously managed for a long time, so it's a nice milestone. Hopefully he can manage five or six more years and get to be second. I don't think anybody's going to catch Connie Mack.
I don't know if anybody realizes what's really going on. But to have the most wins in the modern era, I think is pretty special.