For a generation of Orioles fans, watching former O's skipper Earl Weaver throw out of the first pitch at the 2011 home opener at Camden Yards probably wasn't all that nostalgic. After all, do they ...

Irascible, chain-smoking, umpire-baiting longtime Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver penned his own epitaph. “On my tombstone just write, ‘The sorest loser that ever lived,’ ” he once said. Weaver, ...

Earl Weaver led Baltimore to the World Series four times in 17 seasons but won only one title, in 1970 :: Manny Millan/SI Earl Weaver always was up for an argument, especially with an umpire. At the ...

BALTIMORE (CBSNewYork/AP) — Earl Weaver always was up for an argument, especially umpires. At the slightest provocation, the Earl of Baltimore would spin his hat back, point his finger squarely at an ...

BALTIMORE --Earl Weaver always was up for an argument, especially with an umpire. At the slightest provocation, the Earl of Baltimore would spin his hat back, point his finger squarely at an ump's ...

Earl Weaver always was up for an argument, especially with an umpire. At the slightest provocation, the Earl of Baltimore would spin his hat back, point his finger squarely at an ump’s chest and then ...