You don't need much of a description here. In the biggest story of the Cardinals' offseason -- which isn't saying much -- Jim Edmonds went off on the Cardinals in a stream-of-consciousness interview on 101 ESPN. It was compelling, confusing, contradictory -- and all over the map. This was the latest example of Jimmy Being Jimmy ... it's his role of a lifetime.

This video is long but I wanted to offer a retrospective on Edmonds the player and the man and his extensive and mostly rewarding career with a St. Louis baseball empire that has fallen into decline and is trying (finally) to restore what has been lost. I'm always interested in Jimmy's views, but I am not obligated to agree or applaud everything he says. But he was a special player, and I'll always be a fan of what he did on the field and in the batter's box.