Saturday 19 January 2013

Fiery Orioles manager Earl Weaver dead at 82 (Yahoo! Sports)

FILE - In this Saturday, June 26, 2010 file photo, former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver (4) waves to the crowd after taking the lineup card out before the start of a baseball game between the Orioles and Washington Nationals, in Baltimore, as members of the Orioles' 1970 team were honored before the start of the game. At right is interim manager Juan Samuel (11). Weaver, the fiery Hall of Fame manager who won 1,480 games with the Baltimore Orioles, has died, the team announced Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. He was 82. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Earl Weaver, the fiery Hall of Fame manager who won 1,480 games with the Baltimore Orioles seemingly was engaged in nearly as many arguments with umpires, has died. He was 82.




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