JIM EDMONDS RUMORS & GOSSIP

Comparison to Edmonds is high praise

Kirk NieuwenhuisPhoto by Michael BaronAfter today's intra-squad game Terry Collins compared prospect Kirk Nieuwenhuis to Jim Edmonds. Collins was Edmonds manager from 1997-1999, two of which years Edmonds was a gold glove recipient. He was disappointing in 1999 only playing in 50 games due to injury, but prior to that he hit .300 with a .500 slugging for Collins. “Is he a...
Via Mets Fever  |  March 03, 2012
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My 5 Greatest Moments in MY Cardinal History

Jim Edmonds’ shot off Roger Clemens. Mark Whiten’s four homer day. Fernando Tatis’ double Grand Slam inning. Ozzie’s opening day flip. Albert’s bash party in the ’11 series. Jack Buck bringing the nation back together after 911. The last out of game 5 of the 2006 World Series. The St. Louis Cardinals are a team that defines “the moment”. A new season is almost...
Via St. Louis Sports 360  |  February 20, 2012
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Edmonds set to become spring training instructor for Cards

JUPITER, Fla. • A year after signing a nonguaranteed contract without actually returning to uniform, former All-Star center fielder Jim Edmonds may again don No. 15 next month as a spring training ins
Via STLtoday.com  |  February 16, 2012
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Freese became legend with October heroics

In October, David Freese channeled Jim Edmonds in the best way possible: reprising his role as the man who delivered the Cardinals' biggest postseason moments.
Via mlb.com  |  December 23, 2011
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Cardboard Collections Fleer Group Break Results: Cardinals (Pujols) and Expos (Vlad Guerrero)

Colbey of Cardboard Collections hosts fantastic and cheap group breaks. I saw my chance to land some sweet Pujols cards (and maybe even a hit, perhaps), and jumped in on the Cardinals in his recent all-Fleer break of mid-2000s products. The other major attraction to the break was that 2004 Fleer Platinum was on the menu, and I'm attempting to put that set together. I grabbed...
Via Plaschke, Thy Sweater Is Argyle  |  November 02, 2011
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I Almost Made A Huge Mistake

I'm not going to sit here and lie.If my friend from Denver hadn't flown in for Game 6 of the 2011 World Series, I wasn't going to go. In fact, when he called me on Wednesday to try and figure out a game plan for the game, I asked him if he wanted both tickets.Him: "WHAT?"What was the point? I mean, if the Cardinals lose, I have no interest in sitting there and...
Via Cardinals Diaspora  |  October 28, 2011
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Freese's blast evokes memories of Edmonds

David Freese was traded from the Padres to the Cardinals for Jim Edmonds on Dec. 14, 2007, and the two of them worked out together last offseason and are good friends. Now they have something else in common: Game 6 extra-inning walk-off home runs that made Cardinals fans go crazy.
Via mlb.com  |  October 28, 2011
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Freese and Berkman on Edmonds

Via Tim McKernanFreese: "As I was rounding the bases, I was thinking of Edmonds, because he did that same thing. I remember that." Berkman: "So do I."Is it ironic or pure coincidence that Freese was acquired for Jim Edmonds?
Via Red Birds Fun  |  October 28, 2011
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