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This And That - Often Non Pet Related Topics => Recreational (and more) Activities => Sports => Topic started by: CarnivorousCritter on January 19, 2013, 02:14:46 PM
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RIP, Earl :'(
Brilliant manager who got the best out of players, even ones whom no other teams would touch.
In one of his famous exchanges with umpires, he said "I'm going to check the rule-book on that!" When the umpire said, "Here, use mine." Weaver told him, "That's no good - I can't read Braille!!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D13-QS5eQMM
His antics were to take heat off of the players caught up in controversial plays. He always said (paraphrasing) that if a player gets tossed, it's more costly to the team; if the manager gets tossed, so what. In this case, it's (then future) Hall of famer, 1st baseman Eddie Murray.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl-4FSRYagc&feature=player_embedded
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Gosh. Earl Weaver. You know, I feel almost like I know him, from reading Ron Luciano's (ghosted) book "The Umpire Strikes Back".
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Gosh. Earl Weaver. You know, I feel almost like I know him, from reading Ron Luciano's (ghosted) book "The Umpire Strikes Back".
Me too!! Think it was (one of) first baseball books I ever bought! ;) ('Twas either that or Yogi's "It Ain't Over".)
Still have them seomwhere.
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"That's no good - I can't read Braille!!"
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