Rest in Peace Earl Weaver

[flyersvikes]

What a great man for baseball, glad I got to see his ceremony in Baltimore this summer, rip.



BALTIMORE (AP) -- Earl Weaver, the fiery Hall of Fame manager who won 1,480 games with the Baltimore Orioles seemingly was engaged in nearly as many arguments with umpires, has died. He was 82.

Dick Gordon, Weaver's marketing agent, said Saturday that Weaver died while on a Caribbean cruise sponsored by the Orioles. Gordon said Weaver's wife told him that Weaver went back to his cabin after dinner and began choking between 10:30 and 11 Friday night. Gordon said a cause of death has not been determined.

The Duke of Earl, as he was affectionately known in Baltimore, took the Orioles into the World Series four times over 17 seasons but won only one title, in 1970. His .583 winning percentage ranks fifth among managers who served 10 or more seasons in the 20th century.

"Earl Weaver stands alone as the greatest manager in the history of the Orioles organization and one of the greatest in the history of baseball," Orioles owner Peter Angelos said. "This is a sad day for everyone who knew him and for all Orioles fans. Earl made his passion for the Orioles known both on and off the field. On behalf of the Orioles, I extend my condolences to his wife, Marianna, and to his family."

Weaver was a salty-tongued manager who preferred to wait for a three-run homer rather than manufacture a run with a stolen base or a bunt. While some baseball purists argued that strategy, no one could dispute the results.

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[ewen21]

Earl Weaver brings back a lot of memories for me. I recall one summer having two of my cousins coming up to stay with my family because their parents had gone away to Europe or someplace. Both were big Yankee fans, same with my older brother. These guys lived closer to NYC and thought we lived in the sticks. They loved it though for the couple of weeks they stayed with us we had a blast. I hated the Yankees even then and since I was outnumbered I was forced to watch Yankee games on that Zenith black and white we had downstairs.

Anyhow, I vividly remember having a hysterical night watching a Yankees Orioles game. It was my cousins, my brother and a couple of guys from the neighborhood watching a ballgame after a day of probably swimming, playing baseball, tossing around the nerf football, playing horse, making trouble, etc........
At that time Billy Martin was the manager of the Yankees and of course Weaver was with Baltimore. I can't be for sure, but in this game Martin and Weaver were heckling each other from the bench, I believe Craig Nettles was involved. Weaver had a big blow up on the mound with Jim Palmer where Palmer wouldn't come out of the game. Lou Pinella was called out on a close play at first and he got so mad his shirt was ripped open by the first base coach who was holding him back. I remember laughing my ass off over that. I think both Weaver and Martin were thrown out as well later in the game. Both probably got shitfaced afterward. Or maybe they were already shitfaced.

That was probably either 1977 or 1978. We were all not yet teenagers and we were all into sports of any kind. THere were no fences in my neighborhood. Dogs ran free and so did we. Summers were great. We were like a bunch of maniacs. We left for the ballyard in the morning, maybe had lunch at a neighbors house in the afternoon but by dinner when my mom rang the old bell with the handle on it we came running home.

I don't know why but hearing about Earl Weaver passing away in my car earlier I thought of all this stuff at once. How different the world is today. Things were so much looser and lawless back in those days. No manager could act like Weaver or Martin and get away with it now. Guys like Ozzie Guillen are actually tame in comparison.

[ewen21]

Originally Posted by flyersvikes

Weaver was a salty-tongued manager who preferred to wait for a three-run homer rather than manufacture a run with a stolen base or a bunt. While some baseball purists argued that strategy, no one could dispute the results.

Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb...#ixzz2IRL1ZNRR

I know it's been done before here, but Earl lets everyone know how he feels about the underlined part. THe end is actually the funniest part. Boy did they tee that one up for him:

Managers Corner - YouTube

[Merlin401]

Here's another classic Earl Weaver moment. Rest in peace,

Earl Weaver gets pissed - YouTube

[flyersvikes]

Originally Posted by Merlin401

Here's another classic Earl Weaver moment. Rest in peace,

Earl Weaver gets pissed - YouTube

Haha, that ump gave it back pretty good