Which matters most? The name on the front.......

as much as anyone, mostly when he was with the Cardinals, and had a mild dislike for him even when he was in LA.

But now that he’s a Cubby, I’ll be pulling for him as much as any of the other 24 guys.

I don’t expect him to get the Nomar treatment, but it would be appropriate if Cubs fans showed a little respect for him today.

... when he was traded from the Angels to the Cardinals in 2000, quite a number of people I knew wanted the Cubs to go after him. The Angels got Kent Bottenfield and Adam Kennedy. Kennedy at the time was a top infield prospect, and Bottenfield - who pitched two years for the Cubs, 1996 and 1997 - had just finished an 18-7 year with St. Louis, a 30-year-old pitcher who had just made the All-Star team.

Edmonds, meanwhile, had spent half of 1999 on the DL. At the time it looked like a steal for the Angels.

Obviously, it wasn’t. Bottenfield flopped and Kennedy, though decent, never produced for the Angels anything close to what Edmonds did for St. Louis.

Most of us don’t like Edmonds. I personally think he has nothing left, and if he starts off poorly, he will get booed to the level of Todd Hundley or LaTroy Hawkins.

However, if Hendry and Piniella are right and Edmonds suddenly starts hitting again, I’ll be very happy.

He is a Cub and I will support him, I will be working the game today so it will be interesting to see how the crowd reacts. I for one hope that Hendry saw something that no one else did and edmonds has a great season with us

Mike Golic still has all his clichés memorized.

This diary is shocking. I had no clue people actually quoted Foreigner.

seeing as how I spent the better part of the past 5 years wanting to see someone put one in his ear, but he is a Cub now and because of that I will be hoping that he does well, if anything else simply because him doing well for the Cubs would really mess with Cardinals fans.

Obviously we can love/dislike some Cubs more than others, but it’s always hard when someone you despise puts on the blue pinstripes.

Aside from this Edmonds debacle, my least favorite Cub was George Bell – hated that guy when he was in Toronto. However, they did get Slammy for him from the White Sux!

but besides that, there’s one guy who said this during a certain HoF speech just three years ago. I’ll copy that here now. I don’t believe an introduction is necessary…

“Make a great play? Act like you’ve done it before. Get a big hit? Look for the third base coach and get ready to run the bases. Hit a home run? Put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases. Because the name on the front is a lot more important than the name on the back. That’s respect.”

...but I should anyway: RYNE SANDBERG – Cooperstown, NY – 31 July 2005

1. Denial and Isolation. “Jim Edmonds is not now, nor ever will be, a Chicago Cub. Leave me alone. No, seriously, leave me alone!”

2. Anger. “Freakin’ Jim Edmonds?! Really?! REALLY?!”

3. Bargaining. “OK, look, maybe he’s got something left in the tank. He is a left-handed slugger. And he’s hit a lot of home runs at Wrigley. Maybe he can drive in some runs at key points in games and…and…(Daver deteriorates into deranged, cackling laughter)...”

4. Depression. “But, seriously, Jim Edmonds? That smug Cardinals guy? Oh, man…I just can’t go there. Poor Felix. He seemed so happy.”

5. Acceptance. “Jim Edmonds is a Chicago Cub.”

I sincerely doubt this will make a dent anyway, just like the Craig Monroe deal last year. I just think its poor managment as far as Pie is concerned; they might as well get rid of hiim now.

The team leads the league in runs scored, theyre way over .500, so what would be the harm in letting Pie hit eighth for the rest of the year? I seem to remember Dustin Pedroia struggling mightily last year around this time, and he turned out fine.

Jimbo needs to heed the advice of Axl Rose…just a little patience.

D-Lee played for that team below Georgia in 2003. We absolutely love him now as a Cub.

The 2-35 is silly and represents about 8 games, and besides who gives a rats ass if redbird fans are laughing. Their team should be as well-positioned as the Cubs are for the division.

Besides I’ve said since the story broke Edmonds is a stop-gap until they figure out what they can do with Felix. If they catch lightning in a bottle (unlikely but not impossible) who knows, otherwise I don’t think Felix being back by mid-late June is out of the question.

Now…..if Felix’ development regresses or he simply doesn’t improve enough and Edmonds is servicable enough, who knows what’ll happen to Felix.

But I’d really love to have him on the Cubs.