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 was trying to figure out where the balls and strikes and the outs are posted today. Those are things you get comfortable with as a player. When you have to start looking for them all over again, it takes some adjusting.
It's nice to be home. It's been a long six weeks in spring training and then start off on the road. It's a beautiful place and I'm glad we could pull out a win for everybody.
A three o'clock start in any ballpark is tough, but it's especially tough here. I'm not looking forward to too many more of those.
Mulder struggled his first couple of starts with us. Then he found his groove, and it's impressive how all five of our starters feed off each other. Mark has fit in here real well.
If he starts throwing that slider like that, he's going to win 25 games some year.
Our fans are the biggest key for us, that's where we get our energy from. Really the ballpark is just secondary right now for us, it's the fans that make a difference.
Our fans are the biggest key for us. That's how we get our energy.
Roger pitched a Roger game. They got two great pitching performances and we haven't been able to score. But if we win tomorrow, we're even. There's a lot of games left to play.
Really, the ballpark is secondary for us. It's the fans that will hopefully put us over the top.
I was trying to hit on top of the ball. That was making me hit the ball out front. I did it so much it turned into my swing. That's not me. When I hit the ball to left-center field, I'm not trying to hit it there. It's just my natural swing.
It doesn't mean anything unless we win tomorrow night.
It eases the attitude of the team when you know the whole staff can grind out nine innings and they're going to give us a chance to win. It improves the attitude of our team and it improves the effort of our team.
I was a little worried about how I would do today - we've been playing pretty well since I came out of the lineup - but I wanted to get in there and take a little pressure off Albert.
I was just trying to get comfortable with how I was going to approach the end of my career. I wasn't asking for it. I was asking what the timing might be.