Fundamentals? Killer Instinct?

I can accept losing, but not the way the O's have lost the last two nights. Felix Pie should be DFA's out of principle. After Wieters threw the ball into CF on Bonifacio's steal attempt in the 7th, Pie picked the ball up and I tohught I heard a fan yell "Throw it in! Get the ball in!" but apparently Felix didn't. It was little league baseball, if that. What a joke. I was watching the game on the Marlins broadcast and the silence in the booth after witnessing Bonifacio race all the way around to score was deafening. Obviously, you don't see plays like that very often, at least if you aren't watching the O's on a daily basis. This team still seems to find ways to lose, depsite my previos post and hope that they are starting to figure out how to win. It's really disheartening, though based on this quoet from the Sun today, it sounds like Trembley is losing patience (shouldn't he have LOST his patience by now, though?)

"That's not what we're all about here," Trembley said. "That's not winning baseball. You don't win baseball games by doing that. You give baseball games away by doing that. That's not what it's all about here, and that's not what the majority of guys here are all about. It happens. It's unfortunate, but it's not acceptable. It's that simple."

Pie doesn't seem to have progressed at all this season, and how many years have teams been waiting on him? I just can't see him ever panning out….Here's hoping our defense can consistently back up these young pitchers and string together some strong, major league play. Base running and playing solid defense just aren't that difficult, yet they seem to consistently be our Achilles heal. Let's avoid this sweep tonight. Go O's!

A couple other thoughts about last night in baseball. It was great to see Big Papi hit his 7th HR of the season, and maybe he really IS starting to come around. As difficult as this season has been for him so far , I think he's handled himself incredibly well, so I am glad to see he's getting it going.

Another nice win for the M's who seem to be winning with smoke and mirrors. And in the AL West, where Texas has certainly cooled down, they could actually sneak into the playoffs if their offense ever gets going (and Bedard can stay off the DL)