Whoa! Jimmy's feelin' dizzy!

Per Bernie Miklasz-

From Joe Strauss, who is on now...(have at it, poachers)...(That would be me here.)

This could be a big deal...

At least, Edmonds has a serious post-concussion syndrome...

not in lineup tonite...not sure when he will play again...

could be diabetes, hypoglycemia...other serious illnesses... checking everything.... team concerned.... ran a battery of tests today, including a vision exam.

Edmonds didn't even know -- a day after -- when he came out of the game last night ... he thought it was the second or third inning....can't see very well... had a hard time seeing the ball last night... driving home last night, couldn't see the traffic signs.

Edmonds talked to Strauss about 15 minutes ago... says he's really mystified and troubled.

The dizziness is why Edmonds was pulled out of the game last night. Many of you may know post-concussion syndrome is what shelved Mike Matheny for the rest of the season, but as a catcher I'd imagine he's taken a lot more blows to the head the Jim Edmonds. Here's the prognosis on Post Concussion Syndrome from Wikipedia:

For most patients, post concussion symptoms go away within a few days to several weeks after the original injury occurs. In others, symptoms may remain for three to six months. In a small percentage of patients, symptoms may persist for years or may be permanent. If symptoms are not resolved by one year, they are likely to be permanent. However, the prognosis for PCS is generally considered excellent, with total resolution of symptoms in the large majority of cases.

If a patient receives another blow to the head after a concussion but before concussion symptoms have gone away, there is a slight risk that he or she will develop the very rare but deadly Second Impact Syndrome (SIS). In SIS, the brain may rapidly swell and be damaged.

So as you can see, this could be a few days, or it could be a long, lingering problem. It's not out of the realm of possible that we don't see Jimmy for a while, maybe even the rest of the season. We'll just have to wait and see. Corey Koskie of the Brewers has suffered the same thing, and hasn't played a game since July 5th. Hopefully it's not anything out of the ordinary bad. This was caused by Edmonds running into the wall trying to rob Joe Crede of the White Sox of a HR 6/21. If you remember, that's when the White Sox put a giant noogie on Marquis. The score was already 9-3 before Crede put the Sox up by 7. Ugh. I appreciate the hustle and all but oy. That just plain stinks. I guess we'll now have to endure a center field manned by So Taguchi and Timo Perez.

I'd be remiss to not say that Carp was nothing short of brilliant last night. Nice to see Belliard bust of his slump as well. I'll be recording Reyes outing tonight, can't wait to see how he does.