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...Earl Weaver, the bow his last at a major league ballpark, at least for now. After 15 wildly successful seasons, he was stepping down from the Orioles' helm. Hesitatingly, uncharacteristically, Weaver was basking in one final warm moment of adulation, before watching his name drift off to the Street and Smith's yearbook of history, with all the other Bobby Thompsons, Monte Irvins, and Red Schoendists of baseball lore. It was at once a touching and thrilling moment--for even the most hardbitten of Yankee or Brewer fans. And for the Oriole fan, it almost was like watching a slice...
...rare, especially at a time when sports--which has such potential for excellence--seems wracked by football strikes and collegiate scandals. Indeed you really don't have to be an Oriole fan--or even a sports fan, for that matter--to join in toasting this remarkable man, the Earl of Baltimore...
Pontiac, which has a $55 million stadium and a 28.2% unemployment rate, is more depressed than ever. "It will probably mean the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars," says Earl Kreps of the Chamber of Commerce, "not just in Pontiac but all of southeastern Michigan." The city-owned Silverdome will lose $275,000 for every missed game. The city of Miami had the foresight to purchase a $300,000 strike-insurance policy in July (premiums: $12,000). That should about cover a season's losses in parking fees and concession sales. In San Francisco, Mayor Dianne Feinstein said...
...Baltimore's preening pitcher, has won ten straight games. So Palmer is going to outlast Weaver after all. Neither man brooks any opinion but his own, and they have been legendary adversaries. "Every single gray hair I got," says Weaver, 52, "I got from Palmer." Once, when Earl was hopping mad at Palmer, Palmer chose the moment of Weaver's highest hop to say, "Earl, I've never seen you look so tall." Weaver is 5 ft. 6½ in. tall...
Insubordination has always been rife on Weaver's teams. He and Catcher Rick Dempsey act out their disagreements by throwing shin guards. "The only thing Earl knows about pitching," onetime Ace Dave McNally declared for all time, "is that he couldn't hit it." Weaver and Mark Belanger feuded for more than a decade, but Belanger stayed Weaver's shortstop by the grace of his bright talent until, near the end, the three-by-five cards dwindled for Belanger and eventually ran out this year...