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Former Orioles manager Earl Weaver dies at 82
Hall of Famer Earl Weaver, the cantankerous baseball wizard who led the Orioles to the World Series in each of his first three full seasons as manager, died yesterday. He was 82. Weaver died Friday night while on a cruise, according to Monica Barlow,...
Tags: World Series, Cal Ripken, Minor League Baseball, Earl Weaver, Cal Ripken, Jr.
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Orioles manager Earl Weaver dead at 82
The Baltimore SunEarl Weaver penned his own epitaph. "On my tombstone just write, ‘The sorest loser that ever lived,’ " he once said. Weaver, the Orioles’ irascible, chain-smoking, umpire-baiting manager who led the team to four American League...Tags: World Series, Peter G. Angelos, Cal Ripken, American League, Minor League Baseball
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Digest: Blast's Ferdinand is MISL Player of the Week
Major Indoor Soccer League Blast's Ferdinand is Player of the Week Baltimore Blast midfielder Max Ferdinand was named the Major Indoor Soccer League's Player of the Week on Tuesday. Ferdinand scored nine points in two matches as the Blast earned...Tags: College Sports, Duke Blue Devils, Major League Soccer, College Basketball, D.C. United
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Former Aberdeen Pheasants manager dies
BALTIMORE -- Former Aberdeen resident Earl Weaver always was up for an argument, especially with an umpire. At the slightest provocation, the Earl of Baltimore would spin his hat back, point his finger squarely at an ump’s chest and then fire...
Tags: Sports Illustrated, Baltimore Orioles, Earl Weaver, Sports, Baseball
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Dodgers' Vin Scully steals show at scouts fundraiser
Jim Palmer choked up when talking about his autistic son. Fellow Hall of Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins paid tribute to the Philadelphia Phillies scout who signed him. Tom Lasorda showed he could still make a room full of people laugh. But Vin Scully was...Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, Vin Scully, Stephen Fife, Autism, Baseball
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Weaver's relationship with Palmer had its friction, but plenty of respect
For all the years that they did battle in the clubhouse or the sports pages or on the dais of some charity roast, Jim Palmer knew how Earl Weaver really felt about him. That's why he had to hold back tears Saturday when he related his favorite memory of...
Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Buck Showalter, Mike Flanagan, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Spring Training
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Covering Earl Weaver was a joy
The Baltimore SunEarl Weaver was a reporter’s dream-come-true. If you were a young columnist covering the Orioles in the early 80s, as I was for the old Evening Sun, you couldn’t ask to be around a more colorful manager. You almost didn’t have to...Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Earl Weaver, Sports, Baseball
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No players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
The Baltimore SunThe electorate of the Baseball Writers' Association of America sent a clear message to tainted superstars Wednesday: If you were suspected of taking performance enhancing drugs, you don’t belong in the Hall of Fame. At least not in 2013. No players...Tags: Fred McGriff, Houston Astros, Roger Clemens, Donald Fehr, Cal Ripken
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Dodgers' Vin Scully to be honored at annual scouts dinner
I suppose you could get tired of honoring Vin Scully, but doubt it will ever happen. Scully, who was voted into the broadcaster’s wing of the Hall of Fame back in 1982, is scheduled to be given yet another honor Saturday night at the annual...Tags: Dennis Gilbert, Fergie Jenkins, Jackie Robinson, Los Angeles Dodgers, Branch Rickey
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Orioles FanFest autograph session schedule announced
The Baltimore SunThe Orioles have released the autograph session schedule for FanFest on Jan. 19 at the Baltimore Convention Center. Autograph session vouchers go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. on the team's website. Each station will be limited to 250 vouchers and each...Tags: Kevin Gausman, Arthur Rhodes, Ray Flaherty, Nick Markakis, Dylan Bundy
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Jim Palmer says HOF results are 'a shot across the bow of the whole Steroid Era'
The Baltimore SunOne of the perks of covering the Orioles is that we have easy access to Jim Palmer, a Hall of Fame pitcher who, unlike some other great players, has no problem speaking his mind. I talked to Palmer on Wednesday after he deplaned in Southern California...Tags: Fred McGriff, Cal Ripken, Sammy Sosa, Gaylord Perry, Barry Bonds
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Baseball's strike zone is the hotly contested center of the game
The heater rides in at 91 miles an hour, belt-high and straight, giving Orioles hitter Matt Wieters a good view of what looks like a strike in the making. As it reaches the plate, it dives toward the ground.
No mortal can say for sure whether the...Tags: Jim Thome, Buck Showalter, Jim Johnson, J.J. Hardy, New York Yankees
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