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    Struggling Edmonds is released by Padres
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    Edmonds, 37, lasted just 26 games with the struggling NL West club and was placed on waivers several days after general manager Kevin Towers broadly hinted at a pending move. "I'm somewhat surprised, sure ... I had heard where he said he was getting in shape last winter — and that he really meant it." Rather than merely assume his $10 million option for 2007, the Cardinals offered Edmonds the two-year, $19 million contract that included an $8 million installment for this season. Full Article at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    I'm somewhat surprised, sure ... I had heard where he said he was getting in shape last winter — and that he really meant it.
    Tony La Russa – Tony La Russa SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 18 months ago
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Struggling Edmonds is released by Padres
  1. I remember watching the ball, saying, 'Please, Jimmy, get there. Get there.' And he did. It was something amazing to watch, something amazing to be part of
    SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 18 months ago
  2. He wants to play again, and I'd like to think someone would give him that chance.
    SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 18 months ago
  3. That was the kind of play Jimmy made.
    SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 18 months ago
  4. He was a great player. That's how I look at him ... I don't look at it as filling his shoes. That would be a lot to put on anybody.
    Rick Ankiel – Rick Ankiel SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 18 months ago
  5. I think he was a little frustrated and maybe a little surprised it happened this soon
    SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 18 months ago
  6. Jim Edmonds was the best center fielder I've ever seen — ever
    – Ted Simmons SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 18 months ago
  7. He did things on a baseball field I've never seen any other center fielder do. That's not hyperbole. That's fact.
    SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 18 months ago

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