Jim Edmonds Quotes (66 Quotes)


    In the U.S., port authorities don't have any control over the private side. In Europe they do.

    My first question was whether I could know ... just for some peace of mind or to have a game plan how I could live my life the next couple years,

    What we have now at the Port of Houston is a collection of docks that we operate and a variety of cargoes. At the port, there are 200 trading nations and 1,000 ports that deal with Houston.

    The ball carried good to left field early in the day and I think the wind shifted. It's just going to be one of those things where you have to wait and see. But it was a perfect day, you can't ask for anything more.

    This, ... has been too big of a deal over one tied baseball game.


    It's something we see all the time, ... but it's fun to see somebody like Larry seeing it up close.

    I was swinging the bat well in Chicago, had some good swings in Philadelphia but just not here. Putting the ball in play would be helpful. I just do something wrong and (the shoulder) gets a little sore. I take a bad swing, it gets a little worse.

    It's getting a lot of attention because I had to get an MRI. It's not really that bad. I'm not really concerned baseball-wise, I just would like to have it feel normal or somewhat normal.

    It's getting a little too much attention right now, but that's how it is when you go to the doctor. If I can't feel my forearm for the rest of my life, I'll be OK. There are worse things than that.

    If they don't pick (the option) up, I don't know how many opportunities there are going to be for me to play. I'm going to approach it like this season will be one of the last ones I have. Hopefully, they'll allow me to come back. But if they don't, I have to be ready for Plan B.

    It's a little frustrating hearing the fans booing Jason. He's going through a tough spot right now. He's got 80-some saves the last two years, and I don't think he deserves that.

    An out's an out, ... We all make outs. It doesn't make it any more frustrating that anybody's on deck. It's the fact that you make outs with guys on base, knowing that's your only chance right there.

    I wouldn't want to sit in the training room all day and make those guys work when they've got 50 guys in there. If I can go out there and play with a little bit of pain, I can stay out of the training room.

    I was trying to figure out where the balls and strikes and the outs are posted today. Those are things you get comfortable with as a player. When you have to start looking for them all over again, it takes some adjusting.

    I could hear Larry out there, and he was saying, 'Oh, God' and he didn't want to call it. You really couldn't blame him.

    I don't like the way I look on TV. I don't like the way my stance looks on tape. Sometimes, I watch my hit tape when I need some reassurance that I'm still a decent player. But I won't go watch a bad at-bat.


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