Comments on: R.I.P. Earl Weaver

By: gdad

gdad — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:10:39 +0000

“Leftwingers comparing my language ( which was within the blog’s rules) t”

Oh, you mean the language that’s gotten more of your posts deleted than any other poster?

By: Suzie

Suzie — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:43:42 +0000

Looks like my links pretty much closed down the Earl Weaver is God thread.

By: Suzie

Suzie — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:22:16 +0000

Leftwingers comparing my language ( which was within the blog’s rules) to the unprintable anti-woman garbage spouted by their icon, Earl Weaver? That’s laughable.

By: Sandi Saunders

Sandi Saunders — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:38:22 +0000

Just remember Suzie, you set the bar for judging a man’s life by his “own profane words”.

By: gdad

gdad — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:19:22 +0000

Gosh, suzie’s offended by some of the very same words she’s used on this blog.

By: J.M. White

J.M. White — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:57:59 +0000

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I’m sure you have more questions, so I’ve dispatched a liason with your membership package and she is authorized to fully brief you. She should be there right about… now. Her name is Cathy. Welcome to the team.

By: Jason Perdue

Jason Perdue — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:00:35 +0000

Oh, the sweet irony of Suzie criticizing anyone for being misogynistic! And Suzie, if you think Earl’s tirades were just a function of his temper, you are sadly mistaken. As gdad noted, those tirades earned his Orioles some favor, and he well knew how to push the emotional buttons of his team. Come to think of it, you and Earl are a lot alike in that regard. You do revel in being a button pusher, don’t you?

Now, J. M. White, is there a simple online test to get my LSF permit?

By: Suzie

Suzie — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:27:28 +0000

Bagging on a barely dead baseball manager… that’s a nice touch.

I just played back Earl’s own profane words. If you think they reflect badly on him, who’s that on? Not me.

By: Warren

Warren — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:18:45 +0000

I’m not sure about those 21K salaries in 1978, but remember that salaries began to expand rapidly about ’78 due to one of Weaver’s greatest pitchers, Dave McNally. After Curt Flood’s pioneering reserve clause suit, McNally lent his eligibility to another reserve clause challenge that ended the one year reserve policy that had survived Flood’s suit.

McNally and Andy Messerschmidt won a grievance arbitration in 1975 that ended the one year reserve, opening the door to true free agency. With many contracts already in place, and initial owner reluctance to start bidding wars, it took several years and superstar free agencies before it started to impact overall salaries for all players.

Ironically, while McNally retired and didn’t benefit from his role, the Orioles were also involved in the next big free agency development. They acquired Reggie Jackson by trade in 1976 when cheapo A’s owner Charlie Finley wouldn’t pay more, and after playing out his option year for the O’s in ’76, Jackson signed a huge (for the time) contract with the Yankees in ’77.

So 1978 was a real transition time in player salary levels, as older contracts expired, option years were played out, and owners led by Steinbrenner began opening the vault for even non-superstar free agents. I guess therefore it’s possible that some of those seemingly low 1978 salaries are accurate.

As for McNally, he was every bit the pitcher that Jim Palmer was, but less mediagenic and left the spotlight after retirement, so that may be why he’s less remembered than Palmer today. But they outdueled the Koufax/Drysdale Dodgers in the ’66 Series, and although I’d been a Tigers fan in the late 60′s, the ’71 Orioles was a Weaver team I really came to like: Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, Boog Powell, McNally, Palmer, Mike Cueller, Dave Baylor, Paul Blair, etc. Only steroidal Roger Clemens has ever won as many games in a row as McNally.

Anyway, that’s what came to mind for me when the topic of salaries and the O’s came up.

By: Cold n P

Cold n P — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:08:25 +0000

Power out for 4 days. Back on today. Funny, just didn’t seem to be that bad of a storm. I bet we see a rate increase request within the next 6 weeks.