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In the current landscape of sports where players never stick with a team for their entire career, every fan is faced with the same reality - there's bound to be a player you hate that winds up on your favorite team. This has happened to me with Dennis Rodman, Jalen Rose, Jamal Crawford and most recently, Joakim Noah joining the Bulls. Today it appears this will happen again with Jim Edmonds all but claimed and signed off waivers by the Chicago Cubs.
No Cubs fan wants a former St. Louis Cardinal, and in particular, one that caused Cubdom a great deal of grief. Edmonds was a great defensive player, but his needless diving to make a catch look more spectacular always tired on me.
This waiver claim could have been tolerated a little better three-four years ago when Edmonds was always clutch. Now, the former Cardinal center fielder wasn't needed on one of the worst teams in Major League Baseball. He was 16-for-90 with the Padres (.170) and while he's been labeled a clubhouse guy, he's also rubbed many players the wrong way.
The Cubs sit atop the NL Central with a 23-16 record. Is this worth the risk, and sending young talent Felix Pie down again to AAA without giving him consistent time at the plate?
Since I'm not accustomed to the Cubs winning this much in the first two months I have to say no on the deal. Why mess with what's going on right now? If you're going to add someone, add a starting pitcher.
This will be a tough pill to swallow, but like most sports fans, I'll probably get over it really quickly with a game winning home run.
Who was the player you hated the most that eventually joined your favorite team?
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