[ConservativeStatement]

R.I.P. One of baseball's true characters.

[oust the louse]

Huge Orioles fan back in the day as well as a Weaver fan...always looking and coaching for that 3 run homer on offense.

[fatnotlazy]

I’m glad his time came while doing something fun.

Rest in peace, Mr. Weaver.

[pgkdan]

RIP to one of the greatest baseball men ever!!

[rabidralph]

[OrangeHoof]

A great old school baseball mind. I wonder what he thought of all the sabergeeks and the decision scientists?

[oh8eleven]

One of the greats from way-back when baseball was a game. RIP Earl ...

[raccoonradio]

It may still be on youtube, but there was a sound clip of Weaver swearing his head off on ‘Manager’s Corner’, a pregame show...supposedly it wasn’t really aired, just then goofing around.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWQbN0jFo_k

OK here it is—LOTS of swears but funny as hell
“Well Terry Crowley’s lucky he’s in f-— baseball..”
“Alice Sweet from Norfolk wants to know when’s the best time to put in her tomato plants.”

“Alice Sweet oughta worry about where the f-— her next lay is coming from...she ought get her outta the f-— bars and go hustling around the streets she may get a p—— stuck in her once in awhile...That’s it for Manager’s Corner, go f-— yourself, and the Manager’s Corner show on the Balt. Orioles f-—— Network!”

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Also story I heard: A religious player asked Earl, “Would you like to go walk with the Lord with me today?”
Earl: “Son, I’d rather have you walk with the bases loaded.”

[Crcl1]

I used to love Ron Luciano’s stories about Weaver. Truly classic.

[chopperman]

I was on an inordinately longer than usual Caribbean cruise once and I noticed quite a few elderly with walkers on board.

I later learned that there were a couple of deaths (natural causes) during the cruise, and then noticed that the butter on the tables wasn’t as hard as it was the first day.

The connection was obvious.

[MD Expat in PA]

I grew up in Baltimore during the 70’s and was a huge Oriole fan. I knew more about baseball back then than most of the boys in my neighborhood.

When my best friend and I could afford left field bleacher tickets or if we saved enough, nose bleed upper deck seats, we would catch the no. 6 bus from South Baltimore to 33rd Street and Calvert and walk to Memorial Stadium or convince one of our parents to give us a ride, we were at the game, if not we were watching on TV or listening on my transistor radio. Those were some good times.

RIP Earl.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[GnL]

I grew up listening to the O’s on the radio, listening to the play by play as I fell asleep in bed, waking the next morning to check the paper to see the score. While everyone remembers his tirades against the umpires, he was so well loved by the people of Baltimore. This video sums that up, as reported on by Howard Cosell...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D13-QS5eQMM

We’ll miss you, Earl.

[1217Chic]

Hope he doesn’t argue too much with St. Peter (:

[Thrownatbirth]

Spent whole summers in the 80's with Wild Bill Hagy and crew in the upper deck (The Roar From 34). I remember one game where Earl was thrown out just giving the ump the lineup card....before the game even started!

To this day, I still wonder what Earl said.