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Big League Stew: Remember Matt Wieters? He’s on the newest Sports Illustrated

All of that is to say that I’m glad to see Wieters on the front of Sports Illustrated — the first Oriole coverboy since Roberto Alomar in 1996 — and an extended profile on the young O by Tom Verducci within its pages. The article is entitled “Rare Bird” while the cover is emblazoned with “Matt Wieters: The Orioles’ Tower of Power, The Game’s Next Joe Mauer(notes).”

Perhaps both are reminiscent of the cyber palm fronds that greeted Wieters arrival in Charm City last summer. But in an age where we lose focus once something doesn’t immediately match our outsized expectations, it’s nice to receive a reminder that Wieters is still only 23 years old and that he’s still on a path to be one heck of a baseball player.

Wieters vs. the Cover Jinx. At stake: The Soul of the Human Race.

Gamingboy Posted: March 10, 2010 at 07:41 PM | 22 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: March 10, 2010 at 08:01 PM (#3476779)

Can't say I've heard of this Weiter fellow. Can anyone tell me about him?

2. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: March 10, 2010 at 08:35 PM (#3476811)

Can't say I've heard of this Weiter fellow. Can anyone tell me about him?

He's crap. Complete crap. He couldn't knockdown a house of cards if it was built on a roller skate. He couldn't get wet if you dropped him into the Atlantic Ocean. Just pathetic, really.

3. Guapo Posted: March 10, 2010 at 08:40 PM (#3476815)

I'm envisioning Shooty turned into a jack-in-the-box as we speak.

4. Crashburn Alley Posted: March 10, 2010 at 08:51 PM (#3476823)

I heard that Wieters doesn't even feign to grab at the check when you take him out to dinner.

5. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: March 10, 2010 at 08:57 PM (#3476829)

I'm envisioning Shooty turned into a jack-in-the-box as we speak.

Matt Wieters isn't even as frightening as the ESPN Zone. He's garbage. He's worse than the food at a Dave and Buster's.

6. Ray (RDP)

Posted: March 10, 2010 at 09:23 PM (#3476849)

Remember Matt Wieters?

Please. Everyone knows it's impossible to forget Matt Wieters.

7. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: March 10, 2010 at 09:31 PM (#3476857)

Please. Everyone knows it's impossible to forget Matt Wieters.

Matt Wieters is as memorable as an episode of Two and a Half Men.

8. Earvin 'Gold Stars' Johnson Posted: March 10, 2010 at 09:34 PM (#3476863)

Even the surviving Corey, Feldman, thinks Matt Weiters is washed up.

9. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: March 10, 2010 at 09:41 PM (#3476866)

Even the surviving Corey, Feldman, thinks Matt Weiters is washed up.

Matt Wieters gets even less respect than Corey Hart.

10. SoSH U at work Posted: March 10, 2010 at 09:49 PM (#3476873)

Matt Wieters gets even less respect than Corey Hart.

The Brewers' outfielder, the nocturnal shades-sporting dude or both?

11. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: March 10, 2010 at 09:51 PM (#3476875)

The Brewers' outfielder, the nocturnal shades-sporting dude or both?

Both, I guess. Why not? Matt Wieters can't even wear sunglasses during the day.

12. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: March 10, 2010 at 09:52 PM (#3476877)

Even the surviving Corey, Feldman, thinks Matt Weiters is washed up.

Why would Bryan Corey and Scott Feldman think that?

13. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: March 10, 2010 at 09:54 PM (#3476878)

Why would Bryan Corey and Scott Feldman think that?

<gas face>

14. Toolsy McClutch Posted: March 10, 2010 at 10:30 PM (#3476910)

I was so close to buying a Wieters facts shirts, but the shipping killed me. Then they had a buy two shirts and get shipping free deal and I still couldn't do it. I'm sooooo close though.

15. jwb Posted: March 11, 2010 at 03:54 AM (#3477143)

Happy 70th, Chuck Norris!

16. alkeiper Posted: March 11, 2010 at 05:37 AM (#3477182)

I had a ticket stub signed by Wieters last year. I'm going to see if it can get me in the exclusive seats at Yankee Stadium.

17. Hurdle's Heroes (SuperBaes) Posted: March 11, 2010 at 01:00 PM (#3477240)

I had a ticket stub signed by Wieters last year. I'm going to see if it can get me in the exclusive seats at Yankee Stadium.

It can cure cancer.

18. My Grate Friend, Peason Posted: March 11, 2010 at 03:28 PM (#3477279)

It can cure cancer.

I should hope so.

19. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: March 11, 2010 at 03:31 PM (#3477281)

Matt Wieters couldn't sign a Dominican baseball player with a bag of chips. Matt Wieters reclines his airline seat. He's a complete zero.

20. RMc is the loyal supporter of the MLB event Posted: March 11, 2010 at 09:31 PM (#3477636)

What's next, Matt Weiters facts, the opposite of Chuck Norris facts?

*Matt Weiters doesn't wait, he sleeps.
*Matt Weiters was once shot by a Nazi airplane pilot who pointed at him and yelled "Bang!"
*The Great Wall of China was originally created to keep Matt Weiters out. It worked.

21. Bob Dernier Cri

Posted: March 11, 2010 at 09:56 PM (#3477646)

Wieters isn't even in the same zip code as a complete zero.

22. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: March 11, 2010 at 09:58 PM (#3477648)

Everytime Matt Wieters comes to my apartment I have to stop my cats from trying to bury him.

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