I myself have emailed him several times and called him out on various topics, with references and links proving him wrong. His responses though were not far from what I would expect from a 10 year old.

How this man had a job writing for a newspaper and not the National Enquirer is beyond me

I get real tired of people comparing this kid to Patterson. If Pie ends up being a bust, it won’t be for lack of effort on his part. He’s taken advantage of every opportunity to improve himself that the Cubs have given him. He’s worked hard and isn’t too proud to say that he needs more work. If he were an American ballplayer, he’d only be a couple years removed from college ball, probably still at the high A or AA level. Instead, he’s had some major league time and struggled. If he can learn and adapt from what he’s experienced, he’ll be fine. Unlike Corey, who refused to play winter ball, and refused to acknowledge he was doing anything wrong, Pie seems to be open to suggestions and willing to work to get better. My one concern is that with all the instruction and advice, maybe he needs to just get back to what had been working for him and build from it. Iowa sounds like the perfect place to do that.

I like Pie. we send him down for the broken down corpse of Jim Edmonds and instead of being an Ohman, he doesn’t whine about it, just acknowledges that he needs to put the work in and accepts the demotion. If his hitting skills catch up to his fielding ability, speed, and maturity, the Cubs are going to have one heckuva player on their hands. I willing to give him the time to get there and I think he’ll be worth it.

Only feel bad if it was lamer than Greg’s.

.286 Edmond’s career average.

Did anyone else catch this? Eerie. And stupid.

I know he wants to make the entire story about the Fall of Felix Pie, but it’s not the only plot line.

Is this an indictment of Pie?
Sure it is, but it’s also saying that the Cubs believe Reed Johnson isn’t an everyday CF either.

If Couch wants to erect the tombstone on Pie’s career, I think it’s a little premature, but he obviously wasn’t developing or being given a chance to find his groove in Chicago.

Hopefully Iowa is the answer, and giving him a chance to play everyday down there.

Yes Pie is only 23 and has only about 300 major league ABs, but I still don’t see how he gets some kind of pass because he performed well in the minors. Plenty of guys were big prospects in the minors and aren’t performing at a big league level (Weeks and Asdrubal Cabrera come to mind) and their teams just keep trotting them out there. I can’t think of any good rationale for the Cubs to do that with Pie while they have not only a chance but expectations to win now.

That said, nice job in pointing out much of the ridiculousness of Couch’s article.