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I was completely remiss in the original Watchability Factor for Jim Edmonds. I forgot all about the press conferences on mlb.com. Now that I've watched them, here's Jimmy again:

ON FIELD

1. Defense
   i. Hustle (5) I’d say about 90% of the time, yes. 9 points
   ii. Agility (7) For a 34 year-old, Jimmy’s pretty...uh...limber. 12 points.
   iii. Catcher? (5/0) No. 0 points.
   iv. Awareness (4) Again, he has his moments, but yeah. 7 points.
   v. Defensive Stance (6) He leans over nicely. 11 points.
   vi. Pitching Face (5/0) No. 0 points.
2. Offense
   i. Hustle (5) He also runs nicely. 7 points.
   ii. Batting Stance/Face (6) Jim gets extra points here because of his swing. Unfortunately, they’re negated by his tendency to stand in the box like he’s at a cocktail party at least once a game. Plus, he doesn’t really have a "Batting Face" unless you count playing with his contacts. 10 points.
   iii. Power & Average (6) Yup. 10 points.
   iv. Line Drive v. Fly Ball (3) How about both? 6 points.
   v. Chatty (3) Jimmy’s very chatty. He talks to the catcher, umpire, first baseman. Or, he bitches to the catcher, umpire, first baseman. 3 points.
   vi. Selflessness (7) He is usually willing to sacrifice an at-bat, his body, or his pride. 12 points.
3. Dugout/Clubhouse
   i. Press Conferences (4) He answers the questions honestly with only a few cliches. 7 points.
   ii. Quotes (4) Re: Cubs: "They've got a guy making gestures on the mound, pointing at people, and someone hopping to first base, and I'm the one who's not professional?" That alone is worth 8 points.
   iii. Chatty (4) Chatty but not silly. 6 points.
   iv. Fights (3) I don't think he's started any, but he'd be out there. 4 points.

OFF FIELD

1. Personal Hygiene (8) Sometimes Jim doesn’t shave (in a lovely Indiana Jones way) and he no longer highlights his hair. He wears a half-shirt. 14 points.
2. Commercials - local (4) Nope. 0 points
3. Commercials – national (5) Nope. 0 points.
4. Commercials - MLB (5) Yep. And he looked gooood. 10 points.
5. Dress (5) Aside from the terrible, terrible half-shirt incident (my corneas are still recovering), not too bad. 8 points.
6. Rumors (3) Oh, there are some juicy rumors about our guy Jimmy. 6 points.
7. Awards (3) Six Gold Gloves. 5 points.

So that's 155 points, between Albert and Scott.