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Lately, our feedback has been exclusively Matt Wieters-centric. I've gotten e-mails about how we should handle his ascension to the big leagues. We've gotten comments about how we should set up a fake Twitter account for him, and follow his exploits on a minute-by-minute basis as he goes 0-for-4 and occasionally triples. My Dad calls me every couple of days to ask me how good I think Wieters is, because Wieters could go to the bathroom, put it in a McDonald's bag, and show it on television and my Dad would call me to ask me how awesome I thought it was.

This is my humble attempt to transfer the ethereal glory of the hard-swinging, hard-loving Orioles catching prospect who hit .999 in Single-A and redefined Double-A simply by being there.

This morning's Dugout is after the jump.

On Wednesday, the Baltimore Orioles unveiled several changes to their uniform and logo, hoping to be like the Tampa Bay Rays, who changed their uniforms and made it to the World Series, and hoping not to be like the Indians, who changed their uniforms and had to bust ass for a month and a half to finish above the Royals.

As someone who grew up an O's fan, I'm overjoyed that every Orioles fan I know can have a slightly happier next-five-months brandishing a physical, existing talking point to make them feel like the Orioles have made progress. "Hey, things are turning around, the O's are trying to sign Teixeira!" Argh, not they aren't. "We've got great prospects in the minor leagues!" Yes, and they will remain great prospects in the minor leagues until they die or are traded away. "We got new uniforms!" Okay, yeah, we did get new uniforms!

This morning's Dugout is after the jump.