I didnt want this video to end.

Jimmy was the man. I was 10 when the Cards traded for him. He was basically the turning point from the horrible late 90s teams into the awesome 00s.

2:18 I was at that game. We had seats in centerfield. I got a close up look at that one. Edmonds will always be one of my favorite Cardinals of all time. The dude did it all.

90s and 2000s had the greatest defensive outfielders...griffey, Andruw Jones, torri hunter, ichiro and Edmonds. Once in life time defenders

@kurtnissen5279

2 жыл бұрын

You could add Mike Cameron to that list too

Grew up in SoCal and Jim and Bonds were my favourite players. When Edmonds left the Angels for St.Lous I became a Cardinals fan. He was incredible to watch.

@C21EB

3 жыл бұрын

loved those cardinal teams!

Great defensive center fielder, fun to watch and he is one of my favorite players. I still remember that classic homerun in game 6 of the 04 nlcs vs Houston

@chrisj8078

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was 9 years old and remember watching that on TV like it was yesterday.

JIM "FULL EXTENSION" EDMONDS

Edmonds was clearly the best defensive outfielder of his generation....

@jjcnyc6313

3 жыл бұрын

Agree. Best I've ever seen. Watching baseball since 1976. Let's put it this way, I like him more than any other, defensively.

@tentenchu8140

3 жыл бұрын

It's between him and Andruw Jones.

@whitedeion598

2 жыл бұрын

Over an 11 year span andruw jones AVERAGED 22 defensive runs saved a season. Edmonds career high in a season was 13 and that was the only season he was above 10. Big gap between the two. I would probably put Cameron, Hunter, griffey, and Edmonds in the same category. All were very solid.

@westlymiller

Жыл бұрын

Um you're forgetting Ken Griffey jr. Sir 🤔

@vincentp9081

Жыл бұрын

@@westlymiller Jr Griffey was always on the disabled list

1:48 I remember screaming NO WAY at the TV!!!!

Those old angel unis are so nice.

no grandstanding.....hot -doging ....or chest-pounding..... the players today can learn a lot from this legend

Surely best CF I've ever seen.

One of the best centerfielders of all time

@mikem.7921

2 жыл бұрын

The best ever

I met him at a bar in Nashville earlier this year. I grew up a big Cardinals fan and couldn’t believe it was him. I tapped him on the shoulder and asked if he was Jim Edmonds. I didn’t want to bother him, but he was super nice. Asked if I wanted to take a picture together, one of the coolest days of my life.

Jim Edmonds was my idol as a kid who played centerfield on his little league team in the early 2000s.

@titansfan4215

3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! Cheers to baseball!

That last one is nuts.

Cause he is one of the best CF ever....

The catch vs KC, I saw it live on TV as it happened. I remember like it was last week.

The 1st catch is the greatest catch by an outfielder ever.

I've played the position and watched alot of centerfiielders he is definitely top 5 ever.

Left off his best play he ever made, in game 7 of the 2004 NLCS

Jim Edmonds made baseball fun again.

That catch might be the best catch I had ever seen.

He's truly one of my favorite players. I loved to watch him play. He's my favorite centerfielder tied with Kenny Lofton and Ken Griffey Jr. That's kind of hard to say as and Indians fan.

I could listen to mike shannon make these calls all day

Edmunds was incredible...

Jim Edmonds Diving Catch against the KC Royals and Jim Edmonds robbing a Home Run against the Cincy Reds were my favorite defensive plays from Jim Edmonds! He's a legend!

You left out his catch of Ausmus' drive to the gap in the '04 playoffs. Possibly series-saving catch.

AWESOME!!!!

Imagine trading Kent Bottenfield and Adam Kennedy and getting this guy.

@tenniswerewolf8095

3 жыл бұрын

Nightmares still 😆

@mikem.7921

2 жыл бұрын

At the time he wasn't a great hitter but made himself great in st Louis 👍 👏

Great video. Keep em coming

Iykyk about Jim Edmonds

All time no.1 in Diving catch

Edmonds had closing speed out the ying yang when he was young.

He wasn't always at his offensive best but his defense is uncomparable I like Griffy badass in his time one of the best all-around players in his time in terms of defense he didn't hold a candle until Jimmy Edmonds

I'll never understand why this man, who made 3 Willie Mays catches a game, doesn't get more shine.

He had crazy wheels, outstanding glove and an great arm. He was also one of the few guys that understood how to use the wall as a springboard to reach balls you couldn't get by jumping. Ichiro, Griffey, Trout, Pillar, JBJ, etc learned from Jimmy Ed...

I was at that game with my 2 boys and I told them at the time that it was the greatest catch of all time!! David Howard definitely got robbed!!

Grande Jim, grande...

How this dude was on the hall of fame ballot for one fucking year is beyond me, his defense alone was hall of fame worthy... throw in 400+ homeruns and its just like wtf did those guys miss? Oh, that time Jim missed is what they caught, I'm still watching these catches just like how? 10 years later

Best defensive center fielder ever hands down you can deny it but it will make little difference Jimmy Edmonds was a thriller

Best center all time

this guy's a textbook of chasing over-the-shoulder flyballs.

That's one bad mo fo

He would’ve been a great nfl receiver with those kinda catches.

Edmonds was a big piece defensively and offensively in the Cardinals success in the first decade of the 2000's.

Missed the ‘06 nlcs game 7 catch.

@llamapenNHL

3 жыл бұрын

I think you mean '04 but yea it was a great catch.

It always amazes me how the centerfielder is almost always the fastest player on the team yet in jim Edmonds case he had the speed of the average first baseman and yet he was still able to track down any ball hit into the outfield

@wizard1687

Жыл бұрын

Instincts and experience. Jimmy was one of a kind

I legit youtube searched so much for his Tal's hill catch but I thought it was with the cardinals oops. Well glad I found it lol.

Tim Salmon the other left fielders that played with him must have been bored. Cause they barely got any work in with Jimmy roaming Center.

Should definitely have more cubs highlights.

The OG Human highlight reel

nice

Fue el mejor sii

Saw Willie make the Vic Wertz over the head catch. Jims was better. Never thought I'd say that. Watched Edmonds his entire career. No one did it better or more consistently than Jim. Right up there with my favorite defensive players, all time.

Jim "Over the shoulder" Edmonds

Not best outfielder but certainly one of the smartest outfielders ever. The way he could catch the ball pass his head is unique wow

ZEEEEEE BEST ALL TIME . YES ALLLLLLL TIME . DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY HE DID THIS .😮😅

The last great white centerfielder

What baseball fallout Vault are, you from?

Some how that willie mays catch is seen as one the best of all time in some circles but Edmonds has several that easily top Mays catch. Edmonds was my favorite outfielder to watch.

@wizard1687

Жыл бұрын

Context, Mays catch was during the WS, but Jimmy's catch in game 7 of the 04 NLDS is up there

Psycho Jim. The Warrior... the only sunshine on the California Anaheims of Anaheim

@lamontlewis

4 жыл бұрын

Not quite. There was Garrett Anderson, who didn't know how to not hit the ball hard and on a line. But, you're close.

Why did Jim Edmonds go to St. Louis?

@matthewworthington6573

4 жыл бұрын

The Cardinals got Edmonds in a trade with the Angels before the 2000 season.

@llamapenNHL

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewworthington6573 The Cardinals had a habit of taking all the Angel's players back in the day. Edmonds, Eckstein, Glaus. Good times.

Was this guy ever in the right position?

It boggles my mind that the writers iced him on the HOF ballot like they did. He is borderline HOF-level at worst, and an obvious HOF'er at best.

Better than Willie Mays catch for sure.

@salamisumo2

4 жыл бұрын

LaRock Willie’s came in a World Series, higher stakes.

@lamontlewis

4 жыл бұрын

It was, but only because he didn't have the foot speed Willie had. Otherwise, he'd have caught the ball with a lot more ease. But he's still one of my all time favorite defensive players. The catch he made over the fence, well, two actually, had nothing to do with foot speed and everything to do with good hands.

Just call him Bandit cause he robbed everyone😊😊😊

I stopped watching after about 20 seconds because of that stange sound.

The background music ruins the video. It is unwatchable.

If he'd ever bothered to played a few steps deeper, these would all be routine plays.

@florgamary

4 жыл бұрын

Especially the ones over the fence.

@Matts_Smirkingrevenge

4 жыл бұрын

Ummm... the hall mark of a good centerfielder is one who can play shallow but defend the deep ball. Andrew Jones basically played the same way and was probably a better defender than Edmonds over that span, with both easily being the best of the decade in the 2000s. To suggest anything else is idiotic.

@BeegYoshi24

4 жыл бұрын

What a boneheaded thing to say

@Jiltedin2007

4 жыл бұрын

mmaure2 It’s not easy trying to read Batters when you’re in the Outfield. Sometimes you have to protect yourself from certain things like A Dying Quail that could fall in front of you.

@Jiltedin2007

4 жыл бұрын

Obviously this clown has never played Outfield in a Baseball Game before to make such an asinine comment.