How about that Jim Edmonds? Jimmy Ballgame. Jimmy Baseball. The Man, the Myth, the rival swapping Legend that is Jim Patrick Edmonds. Just a mere nine months ago he was a villain, walking through the halls of the nemesis kingdom that is St. Louis. I find it hard to believe that we've adopted him as our own, but I'm at peace with it, and you should be too.
He had his best years down the road in the shadows of the Gateway arch, we all know. He had a war of words with Carlos Zambrano, owned Mark Prior, and his fly balls flew out of Wrigley with regularity as a Cardinal. We all know his past. It's time to forget it. Don't hate, appreciate.
As a Cub, Jim Edmonds is batting .300 with 5 homers, 19 driven in, slugging .588 (highest since 2004), and has eight more hits as a Cub that he did as a Padre, in ten fewer atbats. He's producing.
He's an official member of the North Side: He's hit bombs against the White Sox, sparked comebacks against the Rockies, and most recently, renounced his Cardinal past. He's asked that we as fans forget his past, and let him make Cub history now. He's right. The man has earned our approval, our support, and our backing. We should all remember that we was traded by St. Louis in the offseason, and treated like moldy bread. They gave up on him, put him out to pasture, threw him to the curb, and exiled him to San Diego. They ripped their loyalty out from under his feet, so if you're a fan that is devout Edmonds hater out of your belief that he wears a Cardinals watermarked jock under his pinstripes, then you're clueless. Get on board, jump on the bandwagon, and cheer a Cub.
Mark my words, a title could hinge on the presence of Edmonds' left handed bat. That's something you couldn't say about Felix Pie or Sam Fuld.
Keywords: Chicago Cubs, Jim Edmonds, National League, NL Central
