Are you serious? Of course it makes a difference when a player dominates on your arch rival rather than some random baseball team. how so? if Edmonds is the reason the Cubs go 6-12 against the Cardinals, what's the difference if Bay is the reason the Cubs go 6-12 against the Pirates? the Cubs, as a team, still stunk. why Edmonds? why not Pujols? age jokes aside, Pujols is widely regarded as an impressive beast of a baseball person even amongst Cubs fans. Edmonds seems to be hated mostly because of the home run against Zambrano with a lot of the half shirt and childish gay jokes Honestly, if you don't understand why a Cubs fan would have more disdain for a member of the Cardinals than a member of the Pirates, I really don't know what to tell you. And Edmonds isn't only hated cause he's cool and hit HR's. He was overly dramatic in the field, admired all of his HR's, bitched about Wrigley, complained about EVERY called strike, whined a lot in general, etc. etc. etc.