Last night Felix Pie came up in the 8th inning with 2 men on, and I whole-heartedly expected him to strike out. It’s what he’s been best at in his major league career.
I know that he has been working with Lou Piniella (and most recently with minor league hitting coordinator Dave Keller) trying to straighten out his swing and get everything figured out, but he just hasn’t produced. Until last night. His home run barely cleared the basket in right field, but it may as well have been onto Sheffield Avenue. The ‘fun’ came with Pie’s huge smile and first-pumping rounding of the bases showed that he was making progress and starting to see results. If Pie can become the 5-tool threat that he’s been advertised as, the Cubs have their leadoff hitter and centerfielder for a long time. An outfield of Soriano, Pie and Fukudome for the next couple years, sounds pretty good.
Congratulations on your progress Felix, but let’s not call Cooperstown yet.
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