Palmer clashed with his former manager repeatedly during his playing career, but the two developed respect that turned into ...
John W. Miller’s “The Last Manager,” a biography of former Orioles skipper Earl Weaver, hits shelves Tuesday. (Photo courtesy of Avid Reader Press) “The book is trying to be objective and ...
Miller The greatest sight in Major League Baseball during the 1970s was almost certainly this one: the Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver storming out of the dugout to remonstrate over some ...
D.C., he was indoctrinated into Orioles culture by family, and by games broadcast on Armed Forces Radio, at a time when the team was mediocre at best. “I read Earl Weaver's memoir when I was 10 ...
They’re not sneaking up on anybody," former Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "They’re going to get everybody’s best shot. They’re not the little engine that could.” ...
When the Black Sox Scandal erupted after eight members of the Chicago White Sox were banned for throwing the 1919 World Series, big league baseball vowed to crack down on gambling once and for all ...
In the spring of 1952, a baby-faced 21-year-old prospect named Earl Weaver arrived at training camp for the St. Louis Cardinals in St. Petersburg, Fla. A line-drive hitter who brought crowds to ...
Baltimore Orioles manager Joe Altobelli talks to short ... ability to make contact made him a frequent number-2 hitter in Earl Weaver's lineups. My long time teammate Richie Dauer passes.
“More than any other baseball leader of his day, Earl Weaver saw straight into baseball’s future,” Miller writes in his book. “The Orioles manager was so good at his job and figured out so ...