earl weaver

Earl Weaver, the Orioles' irascible, chain-smoking, umpire-baiting manager who led the team to four American League pennants and the 1970 world championship in his 17 years here, died Friday night while on an Orioles-themed cruise.

Some more comments from Orioles manager Buck Showalter on the late Earl Weaver.

Famed Orioles baseball manager Earl Weaver died early Saturday aboard a cruise ship after spending nearly a week sailing the Caribbean.

Earl Weaver was a reporters dream-come-true. If you were a young columnist covering the Orioles in the early 80s, as I was for the old Evening Sun, you couldn't ask to be around a more colorful manager.

A look at what people are saying in reaction to the death of Hall of Fame former Orioles manager Earl Weaver.

The Earl of Baltimore loved players who got on base and hit home runs. He abhorred small-ball strategies that wasted outs. He trumpeted these theories long before Billy Beane brought them into Hollywood vogue.

It was the Orioles' final regular season series in Tampa Bay -- three October games that precluded the team¿s first playoff berth in 15 years ¿ and I was sitting in Orioles manager Buck Showalter¿s office in the visiting clubhouse of Tropicana Field.

Deputy Cpl. Charles B. Licato, a 14-year veteran of the sheriff's office was killed in a single vehicle accident near Darlington. Black bunting adorned the three Harford County Sheriff's Office buildings in Bel Air, Edgewood and Jarrettsville.

John Lowenstein, Frank Robinson and Roger Staubach are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for November 25 to December 2

How cold will it be Saturday night, when the Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants meet in the Motor City for Game 3 of the World Series? Forty-three degrees, with temperatures dipping into the upper 30s. The 1979 Orioles had it worse.

Dave May, a backup to Paul Blair, Frank Robinson, Don Buford, dies at 68

Tigers fans should thank Orioles for roughing up Yankees

Bottom line: Hale may not get hired. And that would be a plus for the Orioles. But those who have worked with him in Baltimore hope he gets it, even if it would mean competing against him 18 times a year.

With his team in the playoffs and fans loving the statues he commissioned to celebrate past Orioles greats, Peter Angelos is encountering more public good will than he has in 15 years. But the Orioles owner has still chosen to remain out of the spotlight.

Following is a transcript of Baltimore Orioles legend Brooks Robinson's speech at his sculpture unveiling ceremony Saturday at Camden Yards.

Orioles fans and former players expect an emotional scene Saturday evening when Brooks Robinson, ailing for much of the last year, celebrates the unveiling of his statue at Camden Yards.

If there is one television sportscaster to whom the adjective ¿legendary¿ can honestly be applied it is Al Michaels, play-by-play announcer of NBC¿s ¿Sunday Night Football.¿

Dan Duquette said the decision to bring up 19-year-old pitching phenom Dylan Bundy to help a bullpen depleted by an 18-inning marathon in Seattle on Tuesday was pretty simple.

Though rules define it clearly, baseball's strike zone is delightfully inexact, an enigma at the heart of the game.

If the term "mob scene" could be applied to a joyous event, such as that of a beloved local ballplayer being immortalized with a bronze statue of his likeness being installed at the park where he spent half of his Hall of Fame career, then the scene at Camden Yards on Thursday, when Cal Ripken Jr.'s long-awaited sculpture was unveiled to the public for the first time, would be it.

Cal Ripken turned both the center field unveiling and the pre-game ceremony into a total endorsement of this budding new era of Baltimore Orioles baseball.

What a fitting backdrop this Orioles team is to the tribute being paid this season by the ballclub to six of its legendary players, to include Aberdeen's own Cal Ripken Jr.

Orioles Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson, who has been dealing with myriad health issues, was in York, Pa., on Tuesday to attend Roger Clemens¿ press conference.

On Thursday, the Hall of Fame shortstop will attend the unveiling of a bronze statue at Oriole Park, one of six such sculptures made to honor Baltimore baseball legends

New Orioles Hall of Famer Rich Dauer had to take time off from his job as third base coach for the Colorado Rockies to attend the Hall of Fame celebration this weekend at Camden Yards, but he wouldn¿t have missed it for the world.

Honor our aging Orioles while they're still with us

The Orioles are considering moving left-handed starter Brian Matsuz -- who was sent down to Triple-A Norfolk earlier this month -- to the Tides' bullpen after lefty reliever Troy Patton landed on the disabled list Tuesday with a sprained right ankle.

Chris Hoiles, Earl Weaver and Hughie Jennings are part of The Sun remembers This Week in Sports August 12-18

Two days ago, Orioles Hall of Famer Eddie Murray received a sneak peak of the statue that would be unveiled this afternoon in his honor.

Earl Weaver, David Robinson and Cal Ripken Jr. are part of The Sun remembers This Week in Sports July 29-August 4.

Jim Palmer became the third Orioles great to be immortalized in bronze and put on display in the Garden of Greats behind center field at Camden Yards on Saturday afternoon, joining Frank Robinson and Earl Weaver and awaiting the arrival of Eddie Murray, Cal Ripken and Brooks Robinson later this season.

Jim Palmer is being honored with his sculpture today. Several notables in attendance, none bigger than Brooks Robinson.

Three-time Cy Young Award winner Jim palmer will have his sculpture unveiled at Camden Yards at a ceremony Saturday at 2:15 p.m.

Cal Ripken Sr., Frank Kush and Jim Parker are part of The Sun remembers This Week in Sports June 24-30

While rookie right-hander Miguel Gonzalez stole the spotlight with seven innings of one-run, three-hit ball, outfielder Steve Pearce provided all of the Orioles offense, hitting a three-run homer off left-hander C.J. Wilson.