As our Paul White notes in his wide-ranging summation of Earl Weaver's legacy, the irascible Baltimore Orioles manager once said his tombstone should read, "The sorest loser that ever lived." Or, more accurately, "The sorest $%&! loser that ever lived
In the 1970s, when female reporters were first allowed in baseball locker rooms, I was leaving Earl Weaver's office one night after his smart, sarcastic postmortem of a tough Orioles defeat. I realized that the only woman on the beat, a relative
Earl Weaver took the Orioles to the World Series four times, but won only one title. (Anne S. McMahon/SI). The baseball world has lost a legend, one of the most colorful, influential and successful managers in history.
The last time I spent significant time with Earl Weaver was almost a year ago. He was old and slow and needed a guy to walk with him in case he fell, but mentally, he was still the same Earl. We were watching an Orioles intrasquad game from the first
Earl Weaver hated the bunt and loved the three-run homer. Now THAT, my friends, was a smart man.
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