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  • Inside the New Earl Weaver Biography
    • Inside the New Earl Weaver Biography
    BaltimoreBaseball.com is delighted to be partnering with John Eisenberg, the author and longtime Baltimore sports columnist, whose latest venture is an Orioles history project called The Bird Tapes. Available via subscription at birdtapes.substack.com/subscribe, the Bird Tapes is built around a set of vintage interviews with Orioles legends that Eisenberg recorded a quarter-century ago while writi...2024
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  • Lost Voices: Replacing Brooks Robinson nearly broke Doug DeCinces but he battled through it, including a fight with Earl Weaver
    • Lost Voices: Replacing Brooks Robinson nearly broke Doug DeCinces but he battled through it, including a fight with Earl Weaver
    BaltimoreBaseball.com is delighted to be partnering with John Eisenberg, the author and longtime Baltimore sports columnist, whose latest venture is an Orioles history project called The Bird Tapes. Available via subscription at birdtapes.substack.com/subscribe, the Bird Tapes is built around a set of vintage interviews with Orioles legends that Eisenberg recorded a quarter-century while writing a...2024
  • The 1970 Cubs were better than the 1969 Cubs. Why didn’t they win?
    • The 1970 Cubs were better than the 1969 Cubs. Why didn’t they win?
    Jim Hickman scores for the Cubs against the Mets on May 23, 1970 | Photo by James Drake /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images It was another failure, in some ways more frustrating than the fabled ‘69 team. Yesterday, I posted this article about how some players who the Cubs let go for almost nothing in the late 1950s and early 1960s might have helped the 1969 team get over the hump and make...2024
  • This Day in Braves History: Dusty Baker makes an amazing catch
    • This Day in Braves History: Dusty Baker makes an amazing catch
    Photo by Louis Reqeuna/MLB via Getty Images Just over 50 years ago, Dusty had Braves fans on their feet. Braves Franchise History 1915: The Cubs edge the Braves, 1-0, behind Phil Douglas, with Lefty Tyler taking the tough loss. Tomorrow, the Cubs will win another 1-0 battle, but it will take them 12 innings to do it. 1923: Paul Strand, RF for Salt Lake City (Pacific Coast League), makes h...2024
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  • This Day in Braves History: Marquis Grissom extends hitting streak to 20 games
    • This Day in Braves History: Marquis Grissom extends hitting streak to 20 games
    Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1953 - The Braves defeat the Cubs 2-0 as Chicago third baseman Ransom Jackson grounds into three double plays to tie the National League record. 1956 - Warren Spahn homers off Cardinals pitcher Mel Wright giving Spahn a home run in every National League stadium. 1983 - Bob Horner suffers a broken wrist sliding into second base...2024
  • The most Hall of Famers, update 20 (the final one, sort of)
    • The most Hall of Famers, update 20 (the final one, sort of)
      Ever since I dropped cable, I haven't viewed much of the Hall of Fame's annual induction ceremony, which used to be a regular must-watch. I saw a little bit of it on YouTube the other day and watched as the players already in the Hall were introduced at the beginning. That's always a fun part. But for whatever reason I particularly noticed the HOFers who weren't there this time.Ma...2024
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Earl Weaver injury and suspension

  • • This Day in Braves History: Marquis Grissom extends hitting streak to 20 games
    2024
  • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones homers in All-Star Game at Turner Field
    • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones homers in All-Star Game at Turner Field
    Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1957 - Felix Mantilla and Billy Bruton collide while chasing a pop fly. Mantilla will miss 19 games while Bruton hurts his knee and will miss almost a year. 1962 - Hank Aaron and Tommie Aaaron homer in the ninth inning to help the Braves to an 8-6 win over the Cardinals. It is the first time since the Waner brothers accomplished ...2024
  • Past All-Star games with four or more Royals
    • Past All-Star games with four or more Royals
    Royalty comes to the All-Star Game. This year, the Royals will have four representatives at the 2024 All-Star Game to be played at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Salvador Perez earns All-Star honors for the ninth time while Bobby Witt Jr., Seth Lugo, and Cole Ragans are part of the 32 players going to the All-Star Game for the first time. It is just the seventh time in Royals history the te...2024
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  • BCB After Dark: The unkindest cut
    • BCB After Dark: The unkindest cut
    Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks which injury hurts the most. It’s Wednesday night here at BCB After Dark: the trendiest afterparty for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come out of the cold. The music and conversation are warm in here. Let us check your coat for you. We still have a few tables availabl...2024
  • Baseball history unpacked, April 5
    • Baseball history unpacked, April 5
    Happy birthday, Steve Clevenger! | Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Steve Clevenger, and other stories, on an important day in history. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with p...2024
  • This Day in Braves History: Chipper announces 2012 will be his finial season
    • This Day in Braves History: Chipper announces 2012 will be his finial season
    Braves Franchise History 2008 - Javy Lopez announces his retirement. Lopez hit 260 home runs in his career and set the single-season home run record for catchers with 43 in 2003. He appeared in over 1,100 games with Atlanta while hitting .287/.337/.491 with 260 home runs. He had stints with Baltimore and Boston after leaving Atlanta. 2012 - Chipper Jones announces that he will retire at the end o...2024
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  • Baseball history unpacked, March 22
    • Baseball history unpacked, March 22
    Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday wishes to Glenallen Hill and Dexter Fowler, among others, On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold...2024
  • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta acquires Ted Simmons from Milwaukee
    • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta acquires Ted Simmons from Milwaukee
    Braves Franchise History 1964 - Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen Jr. says he has a verbal commitment from a major league baseball club to move there if a stadium is ready by 1965. Funding for a $15 million stadium was approved the next day. 1986 - The Braves acquire catcher Ted Simmons from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for catcher Rick Cerone and a pair of minor league players. Simmons would appear ...2024
  • Baseball history unpacked, January 19
    • Baseball history unpacked, January 19
    It’s a beautiful day for a ball game. Let’s play two. | Photo by Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Ernie in the Hall, The Penguin comes to Chicago, Dexter Fowler arrives, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric ...2024
  • Twenty Great Biscuits Moments, Willie Mays All Stars, Offseason News
    • Twenty Great Biscuits Moments, Willie Mays All Stars, Offseason News
    Ensberg at Rickwood ClassicWe start with a bang as the Montgomery Biscuits stand a strong chance of getting a new manager for next season. Current skipper Mo Ensberg, along with current Durham Bulls manager Michael Johns, have both interviewed for the Tampa Rays open first base coaching position. While the Rays are yet to interview "outside candidates" its been the practice of the Tampa brass to p...2023

Earl Weaver lifestyle

  • Brouhaha City
    • Brouhaha City
    The best of the worst If you’ve been watching the playoffs this season, and I’m sure you have, you’ve heard about the brouhaha that erupted after Game Two of the Braves-Phillies series, triggered by a somewhat innocuous bit of trash talking by the Braves Orlando Arcia after the game. First off, I just wanted to use the word “brouhaha” in a story. Brouhaha seems to be a word that belongs to basebal...2023
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  • Baseball’s immortal clowns
    • Baseball’s immortal clowns
    SetNumber: X35341 Beware of Moe. Before the advent of the internet, telling jokes and playing gags on your friends (and enemies) was part of the fabric of life. I had a friend who married young, at age 19, and after the ceremony at a rustic country church, two friends and I picked up the back end of his car and placed two wooden blocks under his axles. Understand, it was a Chevy Chevette. ...2023
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Timeline

  • 2024
    "1977: The Orioles forfeit to the Blue Jays when manager Earl Weaver pulls his team off the field in the fifth inning citing a hazardous condition, a small tarpaulin held down by bricks on the bullpen mound."

  • 2023
    "1968 - Hank Bauer is fired as manager of the Orioles and will be replaced by Earl Weaver."

  • 2022
    "Stanky was an intense, obsessed man — the 60’s managerial version of Billy Martin or Earl Weaver."

  • 2018
    "But he did more for the Orioles than almost any other skipper not named Earl Weaver."

  • 2017
    ""We had our differences with Earl Weaver, but everyone in here had tremendous respect for him."

  • 2016
    "Earl Weaver would be proud."

  • 2015
    "Mostly committees and committee-speak make me want to go all Earl Weaver and start screaming and hopping and tossing my cap around."

  • 2014
    "and manager Earl Weaver—surely will seem even more polished when the Division Series opens against the Tigers in Camden Yards."

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Earl Weaver trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • This Day in Braves History: Chipper announces 2012 will be his finial season
    2024
  • • Baseball history unpacked, March 22
    2024
  • The obsession begins
    • The obsession begins
     Many readers have probably been bracing for this year. They know my love for 1975 Topps and that I have been looking forward to 2024 Heritage for that reason for as long as the blog has been going.For the rest of you? I apologize for my behavior in the months ahead. This is the first of many obsession posts about 2024 Heritage. The checklist was released yesterday and, well, I absolutel...2024
  • • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta acquires Ted Simmons from Milwaukee
    2024
  • Today in White Sox History: December 14
    • Today in White Sox History: December 14
    Tortured soul Eddie Stanky was hired to replace the legendary Al Lopez as White Sox manager on this day, 58 years ago. One Dog and Black Jack leave, while Yonder and The Brat arrive 1965 In an unexpected move the White Sox named “The Brat” (Eddie Stanky) as the team’s new manager, replacing the retired Al Lopez. Stanky was an intense, obsessed man — the 60’s managerial version of Billy Ma...2023
  • • Twenty Great Biscuits Moments, Willie Mays All Stars, Offseason News
    2023
  • Giants 31, Cardinals 28: 4 things we learned
    • Giants 31, Cardinals 28: 4 things we learned
    Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Momentum really is a thing Sports fans love to talk about a team having “momentum” when they are playing well. It’s not clear whether any such thing exists. Former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver used to dismiss such ideas, saying that “Momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher.” Weaver might have second thoughts if he were still here to wi...2023
  • • Baseball’s immortal clowns
    2023
  • • This Day in Braves History: Javy Lopez announces his retirement
    Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 2008 - Javy Lopez announces his retirement. Lopez hit 260 home runs in his career and set the single-season home run record for catchers with 43 in 2003. He appeared in over 1,100 games with Atlanta while hitting .287/.337/.491 with 260 home runs. He had stints with Baltimore and Boston after leaving Atlanta. 2012 - Chipper Jo...2023
  • • Spring comes to Florida
    The Royals in Ft. Myers Spring comes early to Florida, at least by Midwestern standards. On this warm, sunny Saturday afternoon in mid-February, the Terry Park Sports Complex in Ft. Myers is alive with baseball. Every field is in use in what appears to be a college baseball tournament. There’s something about the return of baseball in the spring that makes everything feel better. The sun is warmer...2023

Earl Weaver stats and results

  • • The 1970 Cubs were better than the 1969 Cubs. Why didn’t they win?
    2024
  • • Giants 31, Cardinals 28: 4 things we learned
    2023
  • • Wednesday Rockpile: Remembering Don Baylor’s Life and Career Part 2
    Photo by Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, February 15, 2023 In honor of Black History Month as well as the Colorado Rockies’ 30th anniversary, it only feels appropriate to reflect on the career and contributions of Colorado’s first manager, Don Baylor. This week we focus on the highlights of his stellar 19-year big league playing career. This is going to be a lon...2023
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Camp Openings Bring Best, Worst of Weighty Issues
    2015
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  • • Seasoned and Prepared as Ever, Buck Showalter Drives as Orioles Look to Fly
    2014

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  • • Seasoned and Prepared as Ever, Buck Showalter Drives as Orioles Look to Fly
    2014
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  • • Let's Get a Move On: MLB's Pace of Game Changes a Welcome Development
    2015
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Jeff Francoeur to the Mets
    Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1970 - Reds shortstop Woody Woodward hits the only home run of his career off Ron Reed, but Atlanta prevails in Game 1 of a doubleheader 11-9. Cincinnati wins the nightcap, 3-1 as Pat Corrales’ long fly ball glances off the glove of Hank Aaron for a home run. Pete Rose had fits in the win. 1971 - Willie Stargell hits his 30th hom...2023
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  • • Slugging O's in sight of June home run record
    Earl Weaver would be proud. The high-octane Orioles crushed three more home runs on Sunday, giving them 51 this month, just four shy of the Major League record for June with three games still to go....2016
  • • This Day in Braves History: Dusty Baker makes an amazing catch
    2024
    Read about Dusty Baker
  • • Giants 31, Cardinals 28: 4 things we learned
    2023
  • • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones homers in the All-Star game at Turner Field
    2023
    Read about Chipper Jones
  • • This Day in Braves History: Chipper announces 2012 will be his finial season
    2024
    Read about Javy Lopez

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Earl Weaver schedule, game

  • • The 1970 Cubs were better than the 1969 Cubs. Why didn’t they win?
    2024
  • • This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones homers in All-Star Game at Turner Field
    2024
    Read about Chipper Jones
  • • Past All-Star games with four or more Royals
    2024
    Read about Globe Life
  • • BCB After Dark: The unkindest cut
    2024
    Read about Dansby Swanson
  • The most colorful hobby box I've ever opened, part 2
    • The most colorful hobby box I've ever opened, part 2
     Two things I've noticed since posting the first half of my hobby box of 2024 Heritage the other day.The first is that out of all the regular player and manager cards I've pulled so far, not one features a posed shot. Those were staple shots for Heritage all the way through last year. Just about all of the base Dodgers cards from last year's Heritage are posed shots.To go from that to absolut...2024
    Read about Robin Yount
  • • This Day in Braves History: Chipper announces 2012 will be his finial season
    2024
    Read about Javy Lopez
  • • Baseball history unpacked, March 22
    2024
    Read about Dexter Fowler
  • • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta acquires Ted Simmons from Milwaukee
    2024
    Read about Milwaukee Brewers
  • • Twenty Great Biscuits Moments, Willie Mays All Stars, Offseason News
    2023
  • • Brouhaha City
    2023
    Read about Orlando Arcia

Earl Weaver rumors, scandals

  • • The 1970 Cubs were better than the 1969 Cubs. Why didn’t they win?
    2024
  • • Baseball history unpacked, March 22
    2024
  • • Twenty Great Biscuits Moments, Willie Mays All Stars, Offseason News
    2023
  • • Baseball’s immortal clowns
    2023
  • The second manager card invasion
    • The second manager card invasion
      Managers no longer get baseball cards and I've devoted more than one post to what a tragedy that is. Thanks to legal hoo-ha and a general not caring about anything except stars and rookies by the general card collecting public, managers haven't showed up regularly on cards for nearly a dozen years. And now the poor people who have been collecting since 2020 are wondering what to do wit...2023
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  • • World Series 2015: TV Schedule and Bold Predictions for Final Round
    2015
    Read about World Series rumors
  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: Camp Openings Bring Best, Worst of Weighty Issues
    2015
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