This is fucking rich

May 15th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanE

Know what amuses me about Cubdom? If Jim Edmonds rips a game-winning home run today, 40,000 fans will develop instant amnesia about why they hate him. They’ll jump, scream, dance, bow, shimmy, do the Soulja Boy thing, demand a curtain call, scream louder when he doffs his blue cap, sing “Go Cubs Go” and vanish merrily into a Wrigleyville afternoon while reminding their friends, “Dude, I told you Edmonds was a good pickup.”

Jay Mariotti, everyone. Who never waffles on anything, ever. Ever.

For the record, Jay also supports the Edmonds signing. So in two weeks, when Edmonds doesn’t hit and doesn’t field and generally stinks up the place, will Jay … reverse his opinion? But that’s what he loves about Cubs fans!

Fuck. Ing. Douche.

Jim Edmonds and Carlos Zambrano should get along just swell

May 14th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

With news that Jim Edmonds is heading to the North Side very soon — which seems like a very, very silly idea — let’s turn back the clock on a seminal moment in his career, shall we? Long blockquote via the Trib’s Hardball blog:

According to the Tribune account, which apparently was written by me, it all started after Edmonds was hit by Zambrano in his first at-bat. Edmonds then homered onto Sheffield Avenue his second time up. Making matters worse for Zambrano, Edmonds stood and watched the flight of the ball, then cruised around the bases in slow-motion. Zambrano began shouting at him from the mound as Edmonds rounded second and continued to rant all the way home.

“I told him, ‘Run the bases, don’t try to be cocky.’ ” Zambrano said.

Edmonds didn’t respond. But moments later, catcher Michael Barrett was seen yelling at someone in the Cardinals dugout and had to be momentarily restrained.

“I have a job to do — to protect my pitcher,” Barrett said.

Of course, that would turn out to be an ironic statement in light of the fact Zambrano pounded Barrett in the dugout and in the clubhouse during their fight at Wrigley last June.

The game was tied 3-3 in the eighth when Scott Rolen hit a two-run homer to give St. Louis a 5-3 lead. Zambrano then hit Edmonds with the next pitch, causing his ejection.

Afterward, Zambrano refused to apologize for hitting Edmonds.

“I don’t have to apologize to anybody,” Zambrano said. “This is not a baby’s game. This is a man’s game. If you’re trying to hit the inside zone, you have to pitch inside, especially in the big leagues. That ball went out of my hands. I didn’t try to hit him. I know it looked bad.”

Now this all happened back in 2004, so one would expect that enough time has passed for Zambrano’s cooler head to prevail. Still, this is a guy that punched his catcher in the dugout and has some angry histrionics on the mound. It’s a funny thing about sports: your main competition and adversary might at sometime or another become a part of your team. And, you should embrace them with open arms, lest you create some bad vibes in the clubhouse. (Hey, we’re on the same team now, let’s be friends!)

Most likely nothing will come of this … I see everyone being polite and respectful. But oh boy, would it be great if it did.