Looking back at 2009, there's a lot to go through, ponder, and look back in anger about; therefore, I probably will spend a good bit of time just giving my opinions about the season. There was some good, a lot of bad, and even ugly; however, I guess my first entry this offseason will focus on Matt Wieters. Wieters, as we all know, was touted as the next Johnny Bench -- only taller and a lot wealthier -- and the expectations on him were so lofty and outrageous that they seemed ridiculous in my mind. Yes, he started off slow, and seemingly had his troubles at the plate, but towards the end of the season, he looked like a new man. Folks, he raked. His average howevered in the .240-260 range for much of the summer -- it was not bad for a rookie, but not earth-shattering, but then it creeped up to the .270 range. Then September came around and Matt turned it at the plate on to the tune of a .359 average, and moreover, he showed power and hit the ball with amazing authority to all fie...
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