Henry believes Edmonds will help Cubs

By taking a gamble that Jim Edmonds still can be a productive center fielder and hitter, Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry knew he was inviting criticism from fans who have invested a lot of time loathing the former Cardinals star the Chicago Tribune reported. "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, hopefully, he'll be able to give us at least a great portion of the Jim Edmonds we all knew and used to fear in a lot of ways." more...