Space BAL: Astronaut Terry Virts rocks a Matt Wieters shirsey ... in space

Astronaut Terry Virts has been a NASA pilot for 14 years. And while he's been on missions, whether it's captaining STS-130 or saving mankind by transporting Earth's population to a new home via a wormhole, he's seemingly always made an effort to rep his hometown Orioles. Well, Monday was his birthday, and Virts once again took the opportunity to support his team: 

a great way to celebrate my birthday, with this awesome crew pic.twitter.com/MalA4UK93Y

— Terry W. Virts (@AstroTerry) December 1, 2014

Happy Birthday, Terry! "@AstroTerry: and a perfect ending to my birthday- thanks for all of the well wishes! pic.twitter.com/s33ok441NT"

— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) December 2, 2014

So, is Virts simply honoring his team? Or is he trying to spread the word of baseball to the rest of the galaxy? Does he want more aliens in baseball? Please be the latter:

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