It needed to be said. I post an excerpt from an article from the Post Dispatch with a link. I believe Jimmy is right on with this.

Edmonds issues wake-up call

SAN DIEGO — Irked by a lack of urgency, Cardinals center fielder Jim Edmonds
said Sunday that “things are sliding” within a club that absorbed its sixth
shutout in a passive loss to the San Diego Padres.

“There’s no reason why we can’t score a run here and there off any given guy at
any given time. If things aren’t working, we’ve got to change them. We need to
figure out why they’re not working and make an adjustment,” said Edmonds, who
is dealing with a slow start following two off-season operations and a
truncated spring training. “We just can’t keep coming up with lame excuses day
in and day out why we’re not winning.”

La Russa and numerous hitters were riled by an impotent attack against Padres
waiver claim Justin Germano.

“It’s sad that we send a young guy out there and not give him anything to work
with,” Edmonds said. “We’ve just got to somehow snap out of this. It’s getting
a little bit old, and we’re all to blame.”

The Cardinals did not accept a walk Sunday against a pitcher whose seven-inning
outing was the longest of his career.

Reminded that this team used to make relentlessness its trademark during 100-
and 105-win seasons in 2004 and 2005, Edmonds said flatly, “This is a different
team.”

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/cards

By: motle on May 14th, 2007
Tagged as: Cardinal Small Talk

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