On a freshly cut field in Sarasota, the sun is shining while four or five Orioles take batting practice. Adam Jones punishes room-service fastballs as Matt Wieters and Nick Markakis share a laugh. A new day shimmers as baseball is in the air. Little does this team know, they are the future.
Matt Wieters has been dubbed about everything but "The Chosen One", and the catcher looks to assume a role of leadership in the near future as his maturity catches up to his level of success. For now, he is content to get his share of at-bats and hit the ball with authority, the pressure of a pennant race not yet upon him.
Don't look now, but the pressure of a pennant race looms in the distance. The pressure, the anxiety, the glory, all of it resting in Camden Yards and patiently waiting. The race to th ...
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