Tommy “Two Bags”

Photo by Rick Ulreich/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesI heard something on the Cardinals television broadcast last week that confused me. I didn’t catch the exact quote (because honestly, I don’t really listen when I’m watching the games) but Horton/Edmonds/DannyMac/Thompson/whoever said something along the lines of “yada yada yada that’s another double for Tommy Edman, and he’s one double off the league lead.”

What was that? Say that again?

Tommy Edman is one off the league lead in … DOUBLES?

I know, I know, the whole “Tommy Two Bags” thing has been around for a while. And I know that his line drive stroke lends itself to gap hitting. And I know that he plays second base.

But… Tommy Tow Bags…