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Cardinals deal with injuries
R. B. FALLSTROM ASSOCIATED PRESS
JUPITER, Fla. — Jim Edmonds first batting practice session left him feeling far from optimistic that he'll be ready for opening day
The St. Louis Cardinals' center fielder is rehabbing off season surgery on his right shoulder and left foot. Thus far its been slow going.
With three weeks to go before the World Champions open on April 1, there is notetable even for his first spring training appearance.
"It would be great to be able to play opening day but I'm not going to lose my cool if it something doesn't go perfectly as planned." Edmonds said Sunday. "If I make it, I make it, and if I don't, I don't."
"Things have got to be pretty dead-on."
Another injured Cardinal, shortstop David Eckstein, plans to return from a pulled right side muscle on Tuesday. Manager Tony La Russa had been hopeful that Eckstein, limited to two at bats this spring by a recurrence of an injury that caused him to miss 26 games last year, could play on Sunday against the Braves.
Eckstein said his return was delayed another two days because Sunday was the first day he ran full-speed. Hes been out since the day after the spring opener on March 1 and the plan calls for him to get two or three at bats on Tuesday.
The Cardinals likely would open the year with So Taguchi in center field if Edmundo, 36, needs more time. He's playing catchup after being in a walking cast for about a month due to the surgery to correct a condition that required daily numbing injections to get him through the postseason.
St. Louis Cardinal Jim Edmonds, left, hits with batting coach Hal McRae during the team's baseball spring training at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla., on Saturday, Edmunds is rebalancing offseason surgery on his right shoulder and left foot.
James A. Finley/ASSOCIATED PRESS
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