I mean, no one’s saying that Pie is a bad person. It sounds like he’s a really great guy and I do respect what he did with Rosana’s son. And it’s been said here on this site that perhaps Pie hasn’t been given as much of a chance as he might have otherwise deserved.

But the criticism leveled at Pie has been deserved, from what I’ve seen. No one is calling him an ugly mook; they’re saying he can’t hit. There’s a huge difference, Rosana, and it’s one you obviously don’t understand.

But we’ve all been willing to ‘get on board’ with Manny who turns out to be a $45 million dollar bag of steroids! Fans expect ‘Manny’ kind of hitting from players like Pie who don’t ‘pump up.’ Another of my grandson’s favorite players, Bobby Scales is making some kind of impression in Chicago. He’s another stand-up guy who has waited for 11 years to show us what’s he’s all about. I don’t think anyone should give Felix his ‘due’ for being a stand-up guy, however, that is part of what makes him special.

He’s never been given a fair shake from Chicago but I hope the fans in Baltimore treat him differently!

He has made a couple of great catches.

More often he gets to the ball late and has to hurry the throw from an awkward position. Training this stuff is only part of it. The other parts are instincts and reaction speed. Pie doesn’t show these things consistently.

You’ll see we did this with about 6 different guys last year, and that was just at shortstop…

are you referring to? Who on the O’s roster should be playing in Felix’ spot? Let’s face it, the O’s haven’t exactly burned up the majors in recent years. How many games have you seen Felix play in? I watched him all last season in Iowa and he definitely has what it takes to play in the ML’s. He grew up in a third world country where Lou Pinella found him. He came to the Cubs when he was 17 and nobody ever worked with him or did what they promised his family back in La Romana. Growing up in a third world country definitely shaped Felix, who played baseball to make a better life for himself, as opposed to abject poverty. Watch him when he crosses the plate or makes a great catch. He makes the sign of the cross every single time. He’s the kind of pure baseball player I want to watch. If the O’s are smart, they’ll keep working with him on not swinging at every single pitch that comes across the plate. If he can learn to walk more and swing less, that will make him a better and more valuable addition to the team. The Cubs were never willing to do that. Lou Pinella can make bring the Cubs to the table but he just can’t seem to close the deal in important games…or with good players like Felix! If the O’s management and fans stick with Felix, you won’t be sorry!

That’s the problem. We have had bad talent, and I don’t see how adding more bad talent like Pie is going to fix that.

these posts need negative recs

1) You haven’t met us. You have NO IDEA how many games we watch, how many we attend, how much merchandise we buy. You are making that assertion based on the fact we don’t appreciate your favorite player as much as you do.

2) Seems to me, we’re ahead 3 World Series championships to ZERO in the last 100 years. A Cubs fan is the LAST person who should be judging a fanbase by its teams production.

3) We don’t have “awesome” talent. We DO have talent that is better than Felix Pie.

Shut up. I tire of you.

two guys running side-by-side. One with bees in his pants and one with “drunk bees” in his pants. I have no idea why but I almost had tears in my eyes just thinking about that.

I’ll one up you and hope he never has to go back to Iowa City again.

Is that even if he lives up to his full potential (which I doubt), he’s probably going to be a below average LF’er. If he were to play CF, his bat could potentially be an asset, but from what I’ve seen so far, I don’t think Pie would ever displace Jones in Center.

I guess if he suddenly learns how to hit at the ML level he would have trade value, but I think it’s a stretch to ever expect anything from him.

I"m a bitter old man, beaten by life whose only enjoyment comes from belittling anonymous posters.

No, wait, that’s not me. Which one am I again?

“tortured by the effects of autism”

Jesus. I know autistic people. I have never heard any of them say anything about it being torturous. I know that autism is a large spectrum, but autistic people have taught me so many things. Autism is a blessing as it is a curse.