Comments on: Orioles give up on Felix Pie, promote Matt Angle

By: flavadave10

flavadave10 — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:09:17 +0000

Didn’t even really work for McDonald either. It worked for about… a week.

By: flavadave10

flavadave10 — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:08:30 +0000

That’s better than Felix, who is only good at retrieving batting helmets

By: Charles Gates

Charles Gates — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:37:58 +0000

Free Nolan Reimold!!!

By: Panda Claus

Panda Claus — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:10:00 +0000

Pie will probably receive the post-Orioles career bounce-back if he ends up leaving the organization. It worked for Corey Patterson, Darnell McDonald and Jeffrey Hammonds before him. Well, not so much for Hammonds.

By: Panda Claus

Panda Claus — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:06:43 +0000

I have it on good authority that Pie was DFA’d exactly for this reason.

Actually, I think it was because the O’s finally had enough of his LF misplays on tape to fill up a blooper reel for 2011.

By: roycethebaseballhack

roycethebaseballhack — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:53:30 +0000

Still kind of a shame. I got pretty good left field seats for a game in Arlington in 2009, and had a front-row seat to watch him then, and was pretty impressed. I recall him having a pretty good defensive game that day, which was punctuated by some impressive damned speed – this dude is greased lightning, when inspired. Too bad he does not appear to be, though. When people spoke about how the 2009 and 2010 Orioles were better than their record, I felt Pie was a big part of that observation. No idea what he would be money-wise to get picked up, but I’m of the opinion that a season in AAA, with the right coaching might turn this guy into a beast. It would be a shame if he festers in the minors. But, that’s how baseball go sometimes, eh?

By: phillyphever

phillyphever — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:48:06 +0000

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:30:47 +0000

Further proof that CAKE is better than (Pie).

By: randomdigits

randomdigits — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:28:13 +0000

Angle has zero power so yes he isn’t someone you want to give a lot of at bats to. He does however work the count, utilize his speed and play good defense. He might have a bit of a career as a pinch runner/defensive replacement off the bench.

By: flavadave10

flavadave10 — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:03:25 +0000

The poor guy was a top prospect for the Cubs. He was doomed from day one.

By: hoopmatch

hoopmatch — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:00:28 +0000

I remember Len Casper and Bob Brenly talking about how much potential Pie had when he was still the Cubs top prospect. Some of the “can’t miss” guys apparently can.