I don't understand the excitement and support for sports gambling. These companies only exist to steal your money. Much like billionaires, DraftKings and all these other companies aren't your friends. Earl Weaver had it right.

Hard, fast rule from a veteran police reporter: Excepting anyone engaged in infiltrating a criminal conspiracy in an undercover capacity, any law officer who hides his identity from the public is a shitheel is doing vile shit and is, in fact, actively destroying the credibility of law enforcement.

On the myth of momentum and more baseball wisdom from Earl Weaver.

The supreme rule in the Catholic Church is love, which compels all of the faithful to serve, not to judge, exclude or dominate others, Pope Leo XIV said.

Silencing dissent is now second nature to this administration. We have fully abandoned the premise of allowing public argument and debate and are instead entrenched in rote fascism. The thought police are entirely empowered, and they treat us no longer as citizens of a republic, but as sheep.

17000 days ago (April 6, 1979), legendary manager Earl Weaver picks up the 1000th win of his career as the Orioles beat the White Sox 5-3 on Opening Day. Before the game, the O’s new mascot The Bird is hatched from an egg. I’m sure Earl had a four-letter word or three ready to go.

Minit-thread: Bears repeating daily at this point: There were no immigration laws at all until white people on the West Coat began to fear the dreaded Yellow Peril of Chinese immigration in the 1880s. That's right. While these people were building railroads across mountain and plain...

Max Scherzer's insistence on staying in last night's playoff game recalls the I'm-not-coming-out moment that can never be equaled: Jack Morris, in the late innings of Game 7 of the '91 World Series, telling manager Tom Kelly to go sit down and then completing a 10-inning shutout and walk-off win.

Your Card of the Day: Earl Weaver: "After Dark" I highly recommend reading John W. Miller's biography of Earl titled, The Last Manager. @sabrbbcards.bsky.social

Managers shouldn't be allowed to wear hoodies. An ill fitting satin jacket was good enough for Earl Weaver it's good enough for you!

I’ll be starting this one shortly! Just finished words of radiance. ATM I’m reading The Last Manager about a legendary Baltimore Orioles manager named earl weaver. I don’t really follow baseball too much but always love a good book about ball for some reason. Just fascinating history

one slap single ... still leaves you down a run, on the road. Earl Weaver wrote about how dumb this was fifty years ago. It's still dumb.

chalk another one up for the Earl Weaver philosophy of “what if you call a meeting and then nothing happens?”

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

I am pretty sure this has made the rounds many times but listening to Earl Weaver on live radio is sure to make your day better

First track on the new album is an ode to Earl Weaver. Because what the world needs now is an ode to Earl Weaver. #Baltimore #Orioles bandcamp.com/private/XLS7...

May dad grew up in Dearborn Michigan when it was run by a corrupt segregationist who literally sent the police to harass and drive out Black and Jewish families if they tried to move in. He was in change as late as the mid 1970s. Guessing Walsh would’ve had no problem with that.

Just finished reading another phenomenal book “The Last Manager: How Earl Weaver Tricked, Tormented, and Reinvented Baseball” by John W. Miller. I highly recommend reading this book! A great nostalgic trip through a memorable era of baseball and how it connects to the present. #booksky

High school diplomas should be contingent on watching at least an hour of Earl Weaver upset at something.

The funniest thing about Earl Weaver is this tiny ball of rage was legitimately 25-30 years ahead of his time as a tactician. My favorite manager of all time, maybe my favorite head coach in any sport

48 years ago today, Orioles manager Earl Weaver forfeited a game against the Blue Jays at Exhibition Stadium in protest of tarps spread over the bullpen mounds that he felt presented a safety issue for his players. It's the only deliberate forfeit by an MLB team since 1914.

Reading much tonight on Charlie Kirk, who he was, what he said and believed -- from both admirers and those deeply opposed. It does not matter. None of it. What matters is that political violence made routine against any voice, left or right, marks us as a failing, dying republic. This is horror.

He might enjoy the new Earl Weaver biography “The Last Manager.” It’s great, and an in-depth look at the history of the game.

Review: The Last Manager A biography of manager Earl Weaver, his baseball career, his strategic innovations, and his feisty character.

This doesn’t have my absolute favorite Weaver moment in it, but it’s very well-done and highly recommended. Good work, @jmjournalist.bsky.social.

This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

"Team speed???? For chrissakes, you get f****n g****m little fleas on the f****n' bases, getting picked off, tryin' to steal, gettin' thrown out, takin' runs away from you. Get them big c********s that can hit the f****n' ball out the ballpark and ya can't make any g****m mistakes."-Earl Weaver

What a shame. "WGBH … has laid off the 13 people who worked on the history series 'American Experience' and announced that no new documentaries will be produced for the show until further notice." (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...

yeah I read theory

Hey @earlfckinweaver.bsky.social look at the Aug. 25, 1986, issue of The F*cking @sportingnews.com! It's Earl F*cking Weaver!

The record for highest winning percentage by a retired manager in the integrated era is HOFers Al Lopez at .584 and Earl Weaver at .583. The only manager better is active Dave Roberts at a whopping .621. The next manager behind them is active Aaron Boone at .579.

Not football, but this Earl Weaver line is an all time great as recounted by Tom Boswell: “Or, on seeing slumping Al Bumbry heading to chapel services, cracking, ‘Take your bat.’” www.washingtonpost.com/sports/natio...

Didn't play for the O's, but cannot be left out of the discussion: Earl Weaver.

Earl Weaver 1970 Orioles Manager

I know MLB Radio is not yet on Bluesky, but kudos to The Leadoff Spot and Xavier Scruggs and Steve Phillips discussing pitcher injuries, and how the challenge starts all the way back in little league and the dilemma of 24/7/365 single sport. This article partly explains the current culture:

Wishing a Happy Heavenly Birthday to the best manager in Baltimore Orioles history, the late great Earl Weaver! 🙏🏻 #Birdland #baltimorebattery #Orioles #LetsGoOs

Happy birthday Earl Weaver! He would have been 95 today- born 8/14/30 in St Louis, MO. Celebrating, avec son, with the new printing that has the NYT Bestseller button on the cover

You should absolutely celebrate the loud little man’s birthday (ideally with way fewer beers than Weaver would consume, but it’s your liver) by buying @jmjournalist.bsky.social’s book from your favorite indie and then in the interim read… wapo.st/4mEoZ9J

If you're an #Orioles fan and haven't read this yet, read it.

Just finished this book last night. A must-read for any O's fan. Especially enjoyed the parts about Weaver's early life and playing career. Lots of details I'd never heard before.

Well-deserved! I woke up many a night about 2am with thoughts of the narrative and found a little book light so I could read “just a little more” before going back to sleep.

Happy birthday Earl Weaver! He would have been 95 today- born 8/14/30 in St Louis, MO. Celebrating, avec son, with the new printing that has the NYT Bestseller button on the cover

“On my tombstone just write, ‘The sorest loser that ever lived.’ “ -Earl Weaver

NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned. Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.

We’re all going to miss the human drama when computers take over all the calls. We pay to watch fallible human beings make split second decisions, that’s why it’s entertaining. I’ll take Earl Weaver having a coronary over 100% accuracy any day.

My favorite interviews were the days I spent with Earl Weaver & Minnie Minoso, now both long gone. Zero chance I'd do an AI interview with whatever electronic golem can be conjured up to take their places; the notion of doing so with either strikes me as not merely uninformative but frankly profane.

Important story by @mikeelk.bsky.social showing how some Rust Belt towns like Ambridge, PA have been revitalized by immigrants. As ICE agents close in, residents are rallying to the defense of their new neighbors. paydayreport.com/following-ic...

“We're a family, built on the backs of immigrants. We will not apologize for that. We are standing by our team.”

Earl Weaver Baseball