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RIP. His arguments with umps were legendary.

They don't make 'em like Earl anymore.

The best part about the 84 tigers was the team the Tigers surpassed that year as the team of MLB. I remember Jack Morris saying at the beginning of the season "screw baltimore". I loved to beat them because they were the best. and though Joe Altobelli had taken over, that was Earl Weaver's team.

That one is classic.

"You're a liar Earl! A liar!"

Sure were. The Earl of Weaver...as Ernie Harwell called him. He really knew how to throw a tantrum for the amusement of the fans...and no doubt his players. He always hated bunting, seemed like he mostly sat in the dugout smoking his ciggys waiting for Boog Powell, Frank Robby, or Brooks Robby to hit that 3 run jack. He was far more than that however...one of the all-time great managers. RIP Earl.

Don't forget ex-Tiger Pat Dobson in that rotation. All had 20 wins in the same season for the O's.

This. When I was a kid and watched his teams play, I figured he had to be 60.
OTOH, he smoked like a fiend, and he did erupt at the umps all of the time, so maybe the two made him look prematurely old.
He was a great character for baseball, and he and his kind are missed in today's game. RIP.

Earl, You were one of a kind.

RIP

Earl was realistic about the capabilities of players on his roster. He wasn't focused on righty vs. lefty matchups like some managers. He would bat Mark Belanger in the 2nd spot of the lineup against certain pitchers he hit well. Of course, most of the time Belanger was slotted down in the lineup since he was generally light hitting.

Jim Northrup spent 1975 in Baltimore, and he said without a doubt was that Earl was the best manager he played for in his career.

You know Earl didn't die from an ulcer. That sumbich never kept anything in. We don't seem to have giants in the game like that anymore.

A rare day when 2 HOF's pass away on the same day. Both great for the game of baseball. Seems like there aren't too many people like this in the game today.

Candidly, I thot both had been dead a long time. I finding out lately that a lot of people I thot had been dead a long time only to be surprised they were here the whole time. I can only hope that I die much later than I thot.