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• Will Orioles ever retire Mike Mussina’s No. 35? | MAILBAGQuestion: Aside from the fact that Adley Rutschman is wearing it, do you think the Orioles will ever retire Mike Mussina’s number 35? From: Jason Gross Answer: Jason, I don’t believe the Orioles will retire Mike Mussina’s No. 35. The only retired numbers are Earl Weaver (4), Brooks Robinson (5), Cal Ripken Jr. (8), Frank Robinson […]...2026Read about Mike Mussina news -
• Even with robot umpires, MLB managers will find reasons to argue and get ejected
Kevin Cash isn't worried that manager ejections will become a relic of baseball's past just because robot umpires have arrived to settle some debates. Manager tantrums at umpires have long delighted fans: the Yankees’ Billy Martin kicking and throwing dirt on Dale Scott in 1988, Cincinnati’s Lou Piniella heaving first base into right field in anger at Dutch Rennert in 1990 and the Orioles' Earl W...2026See also Kevin Cash breaking news today
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• Mazel tov, John W. Miller
Miller — a recent guest on “The Bookshelf Conversations” — visited Cincinnati (or rather Covington, KY) to accept the coveted CASEY Award from Spitball Magazine. Miller won for his best-selling biography, The Last Manager: How Earl Weaver Tricked, Tormented, and Reinvented Baseball. Michael Shannon, editor of Spitball, was an even more recent BC guest. Photo ...2026See more articles Bookshelf Conversations news today
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• Lost Voices: Replacing Brooks Robinson nearly broke Doug DeCinces but he battled through it, including a fight with Earl WeaverDoug DeCinces would never forget the day his baseball life changed forever. In early 1973, he was 22 and excited about being at spring training with the Orioles, as opposed to being at their minor league camp. For the club’s third-round draft pick from a few years earlier, it meant he was a step closer […]...2026See also Brooks Robinson news and rumors -
• Orioles’ Albernaz getting used to media attentionFor the first time since 1996, the year the Ravens came to Baltimore, the Orioles and Ravens will have a new manager and head coach. John Harbaugh, who coached the Ravens for 18 years, even longer than Earl Weaver managed the Orioles, has moved on to the New York Giants. Jesse Minter, the defensive coordinator […]...2026Check it out Baltimore Orioles news -
• Bird Tapes Podcast: Interviewing Earl Weaver’s Award-Winning BiographerJohn W. Miller, author of the bestselling Earl Weaver biography, tells me what surprised him as he researched the legendary manager’s life. SUBSCRIBE HERE Twelve years since his death at age 82 on an Orioles-themed cruise, Earl Weaver is once again prominent in the national baseball conversation. Yes, he’s always prominent because he was so ahead of […]...2026Click for news about Bird Tapes headline news
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• Cub Tracks takes it on the chinKamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. The game started out well enough but that well got deep and wide and swallowed the Cubs’ chances of a comeback. Matt Shaw had a good game. The going is weird. Cub Tracks™ turned pro a long time ago. Cub Tracks™. Where the great ones run AWAY.. Any MLB team can beat you. The good teams WILL beat you. The...2025Click for news about Cub Tracks injury -
• This Day in Braves History: Braves trade Jeff FrancoeurPhoto by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1970: Reds SS Woody Woodward goes deep for his first and only major league homer, off Ron Reed in Atlanta. It comes in his 684th game. It is too little as the Atlanta Braves top the Reds, 11-9. The Reds take the nitecap, 3 - 1, scoring two runs when Pat Corrales hits a long drive that glances off the glove of Hank Aaron and ove...2025See more Jeff Francoeur injury status -
• Weekend Rumblings - News for June 21, 2025Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Earl Weaver would be proud. The Royals hit their second three-run home run in three games in Friday’s win over the Padres. “The three-run homer is big,” Quatraro said, speaking on India’s three-run blast. “We talked about that it’s been a long time for us. Two of them in this road trip have been big. It’s nice for us to be able to do it the other way t...2025See more articles Orlando Ramirez injury report -
• Men’s College World Series finals: LSU and Coastal Carolina preview and predictionsSteven Branscombe-Imagn Images The men’s College World Series final between LSU and Coastal Carolina is going to be awesome. What began as a field of 64 is down to two, as Coastal Carolina and LSU are the last teams standing in Omaha. Those two teams begin a best-of-three series on Saturday to crown this year’s NCAA baseball champion. Here is a look at both teams, how they got here, player...2025Click for news about World Series injury report -
• Chet Lemon Q&ASteve Snowden/Getty Images Our historian, Mark Liptak, shares his 2004 conversation with the star center fielder With news of Chet Lemon’s passing on Thursday, our Mark Liptak was in touch quickly from the road, taking time out of his broadcasting work to share his interview with Chet from 2004. It follows here, in edited form. Chet Lemon is another one of those very good White Sox playe...2025See more articles Chet Lemon injury update -
• Cubs 7, Padres 1: Pitching, defense and three-run homersMatt Marton-Imagn Images And a catch for the ages by Ian Happ. If you’ve been around baseball long enough, you probably remember today’s recap headline as a statement from longtime Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver when asked what wins baseball games. “Pitching, defense and three-run homers” was always Weaver’s response, and the Cubs got all three on another chilly Saturday afternoon a...2025Continue with Matt Marton injury status -
• This Day in Braves History: Javy Lopez retires, Chipper Jones announces future retirementPhoto by Brian Bahr/Getty Images Two Braves heroes call it a career — one on this actual day and one once his final season ends. 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 the Atlanta Braves while hitting .287/.337/.491...2025See also Javy Lopez injuries -
• This Day in Braves History: Braves acquire Ted Simmons from the Milwaukee BrewersPhoto by George Gojkovich/Getty Images 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...2025Read about Milwaukee Brewers injury report -
• This Day in Braves History: Marquis Grissom extends hitting streak to 20 gamesPhoto 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...2024See more articles Marquis Grissom availability report -
• This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones homers in All-Star Game at Turner FieldPhoto 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 ...2024See also Chipper Jones
Earl Weaver lifestyle
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• O Captain, My CaptainIf I compiled a list of all the major-release movies from the late 1980s and then a separate list of my top five "most glaring nonviews," I believe "Dead Poets Society" would be at the top of the shorter list. I watched just about every movie that came out in the late '80s, that's what I was doing then, going out with the girlfriend, eating at restaurants and going to the movies. On a w...2025See more Mickey Mantle -
• Brouhaha CityThe 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...2023Visit the page Orlando Arcia -
• Baseball’s immortal clownsSetNumber: 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. ...2023See also Royals Stadium
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"John Miller says in our Conversation that he was actually coaching a high school game when he found out that The Last Manager: How Earl Weaver Tricked, Tormented, and Reinvented Baseball won the popular CASEY Award, given by Spitball Magazine to the best baseball book of the year." - 2025
"If you’ve been around baseball long enough, you probably remember today’s recap headline as a statement from longtime Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver when asked what wins baseball games." - 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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• Lost Voices: Replacing Brooks Robinson nearly broke Doug DeCinces but he battled through it, including a fight with Earl Weaver
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• Cub Tracks takes it on the chin
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for June 21, 2025
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• Men’s College World Series finals: LSU and Coastal Carolina preview and predictions
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• Chet Lemon Q&A
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• Cubs 7, Padres 1: Pitching, defense and three-run homers
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• This Day in Braves History: Javy Lopez retires, Chipper Jones announces future retirement
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves acquire Ted Simmons from the Milwaukee Brewers
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• Today in White Sox History: December 14Jim Delsing saw just a short stint on the South Side before being shipped away on this day, 76 years ago. | Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images A minor swap with New York that turned out about as even as can be 1948 The White Sox dealt young center fielder Jim Delsing to the Yankees for first baseman-left fielder Bud Souchock. And by any account the deal was a draw between 0.1 WAR players...2024See more White Sox contract rumors -
• This Day in Braves History: Chipper announces 2012 will be his finial seasonBraves 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...2024Check it out Javy Lopez trade rumors
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• Back to basics (i.e., three-run homers): Braves blast Rockies, 12-4Jordan Godfree-Imagn Images Michael Harris II and Marcell Ozuna hit three-run bombs in consecutive innings to turn another potentially blah affair against the Rockies into a rout A lot of different intros come to mind for this recap. Lucky you: you can have all of them. Earl Weaver was all about pitching, defense, and the three-run homer. Well, the Braves got the three-run homer part down...2025Continue with Jordan Godfree Imagn -
• 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...2024See more Oscar Gamble stats -
• Giants 31, Cardinals 28: 4 things we learnedPhoto 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...2023See also Christian Petersen statistics -
• 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...2023See more articles Don Baylor scores
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Camp Openings Bring Best, Worst of Weighty Issues
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• Seasoned and Prepared as Ever, Buck Showalter Drives as Orioles Look to Fly
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• O Captain, My Captain
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for June 21, 2025
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• Men’s College World Series finals: LSU and Coastal Carolina preview and predictions
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• Chet Lemon Q&A
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• This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones homers in All-Star Game at Turner Field
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• BCB After Dark: The unkindest cutPhoto 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...2024See more articles Dansby Swanson -
• Baseball history unpacked, April 5Happy 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...2024Visit the page Brooklyn Superbas -
• The obsession beginsMany 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...2024Continue with Nathan Eovaldi -
• Twenty Great Biscuits Moments, Willie Mays All Stars, Offseason NewsEnsberg 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...2023Click for news about Montgomery Biscuits -
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• Seasoned and Prepared as Ever, Buck Showalter Drives as Orioles Look to Fly
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• Let's Get a Move On: MLB's Pace of Game Changes a Welcome Development
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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...2023Click for news about Jeff Francoeur
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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
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• This Day in Braves History: Dusty Baker makes an amazing catchPhoto 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...2024Click for news about Dusty Baker -
• Giants 31, Cardinals 28: 4 things we learned
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• Lost Voices: Replacing Brooks Robinson nearly broke Doug DeCinces but he battled through it, including a fight with Earl Weaver
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• The Moment Everything Changed For Baseball And The OriolesOn April 2, 1976, in the third inning of a spring training game in Florida, manager Earl Weaver pulled leftfielder Don Baylor from the Orioles’ lineup and motioned for him to come sit beside Weaver on the bench. “I knew something was wrong,” Baylor said later. Unable even to look at Baylor, who was one […]...2025Click for news about Don Baylor -
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• The 1970 Cubs were better than the 1969 Cubs. Why didn’t they win?
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• Baseball history unpacked, March 22Getty 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...2024See more Dexter Fowler scandals -
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• The second manager card invasionManagers 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...2023Read about Pete Rose whispers -
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