Earl Weaver 1996 Hall of Fame Induction Speech

[@kuyarickkelley4719]

I'm suprised he can still talk after all that hollering at the umpires during his tenure

[@BlazePokePulls]

lol that is facts!

[@chlduiowks]

Earl understood the analytics long before the computers and Bill James spelled it out. H worked very hard to hone his craft and made baseball fun.

[@kevinlittlefield4994]

Outstanding comment: a true bull's eye. I think that sabrmetrics began bigtime because Weaver was so independent and outspoken, and while people were disagreeing or agreeing with what Weaver's teachings and practices, James realized that Weaver's ideas could be statistically texted. If James is the father of sabrmetrics, Weaver is the godfather. I would like to know what Bill James would have to say about that.

[@spidermarvel897]

I was a kid when he managed. Thank you Earl for all of the great memories.

[@davidwhite3181]

The best manager of his generation!

[@MG-ei7pt]

That would be Sparky Anderson

[@davidwhite3181]

@@MG-ei7pt Sorry MG Sparky couldn't shine "The Earl of Baltimore's" shoes!!

[@kevinlittlefield4994]

@@MG-ei7pt Sparky was a very good manager, but Earl Weaver was an insightful genius, an independent thinker who thought outside the box and KNEW that what he believed was true, and had zero respect for the revered conventional baseball wisdom handed down through the generations where it contradicted his own common sense. Sparky when he was with the Reds may have had better winning % than Earl Weaver (career MLB it is Sparky .545 and Earl .583), but Earl was on another level.

[@doggonepointgooddogbacking3248]

If you were around in Maryland, in the 60s & 70s, Earl was a show onto himself. Boy howdy, he knew the rules and would bust a gut to win within them. And he was funny.

[@douglasclouatre165]

Any umpire dies and goes to hell will find himself at first base umpiring a game with Weaver in one dugout and Billy Martin in the other with close play after close play at first for all eternity.

[@charliejdk]

Earl was the greatest. Always will be Baltimore's Best! Thanks for posting, HOF.

[@Mutlap]

The Earl, someone I will always remember

[@Sobolady89]

Loved The Earl of Baltimore. I use to love when he came out of the dug-out , would get ejected and roar in the tunnels at Memorial Stadium as he left the game. He was a character and us O's fans loved this man.

[@mjp96]

same day, wasn't it?

[@gregstaton128]

My Dad's golfing buddy after he retired in Miami......he was a legend in coaching and a great man.

[@bobbygans1893]

I worked at grand palms where earl lived. I must have met ur dad.

[@LenHummelChannel]

Earl and Billy the Martin DONE DID IT THEIR WAY. he was a great manager and performer. thanks for posting this.

[@openmind1966]

A legendary baseball figure...Earl Weaver, Sparky Anderson, and others. Baltimore Orioles Baseball would never been, or have the been without Earl Weaver.

[@ryanedwards4512]

Earl was the best. #HOF #4 RIP

[@jamesleili7942]

Earl weaver before orioles

[@ryanedwards4512]

@@jamesleili7942 he coached the triple A team up in Rochester NY

[@billconnolly4112]

He mentioned Stan The Man a couple different times. They happened to pass away within hours of each other.

[@randyevans39]

Best EVER

[@danteubner5498]

It's so fitting that he passed away on the Oriole Cruise! Talk about sailing into the sunset. He was a baseball man's man!

[@mgretche]

Turnabout from last to first this season is a tribute to Earl Weaver.

[@ralphstevens2776]

Earl of Baltimore is the meaning of Oriole Magic

[@frankpalancio8471]

Earl finally made the HOF for F'ing up the world series.

[@scottythegreat1]

He won more than he lost

[@ThekiBoran]

@@scottythegreat1 No he didn't!

[@dennissousa9212]

Games dummy!

[@LNERMallard]

@@ThekiBoran GAMES, STUPID!! COUNT'EM!!

[@BlazePokePulls]

😂😂😂😂 best argument ever recorded

[@KoKo-eq5tr]

Wadda great guy

[@jasoncatron1039]

RIP Earl..great memories going to Memorial stadium to see the Orioles.

[@davidhallet9269]

Loved this guy. Cut from a different cloth for sure. Back when players and managers said what was on their mind,

[@cesarbriones2419]

Dodger fans 💙 Earl Weaver too. A legend. You wish everyone in the game cared like the Earl of Baltimore. RIP

[@allancove4483]

Earl Weaver. Simply a CLASS ACT! RIP Earl. We miss you.

[@MTL_prodz]

Thank you Earl for all of the great memories. Fall of fame manager

[@ottohesslein3230]

To all the young people who might stumble into this, there's only one way to get to make a speech like that...produce. Do it. Get out and try. Stick with it. Live the life. Show up to play every day. Every day. Passion and learning are more important than talent. Come back and do it again tomorrow.

[@lackdeaver9934]

The 5 thumbs down are from people who are here for one goddamn specific reason! Also, I believe Alice Sweet got out of the bar and made it to Cooperstown for the ceremony.

[@joeshipley666]

Love this comment!

[@christopherjohnson1803]

Fuckin' up World Series was enough to get him in 😂

[@jkegel98]

@@christopherjohnson1803 roll in your grave Bill Haller /s

[@romansaputo9761]

Earl was an absolute legend!!! RIP

[@Russzc13]

goat. great video

[@llenavangend4591]

I used to see Dick Gordon at the old Memorial stadium in Baltimore bugging athletes for their autographs so that he could sell them at his upcoming baseball card shows even going so far as to allowing his wife Gloria to blow anyone and everyone from Rod Hendricks to practicaly the entire Red Sox and Orioles teams for over a decade...Most athlete would accept a BJ from just about anyone and Dick had to take his wife to Mercy Hospital and have her stomach pumped out on many occasions.

[@joeshipley666]

@@llenavangend4591 oh my

[@toddm9501]

Greatest speech ever

[@bacchys]

The Earl of Baltimore.

[@shawnanderson6687]

R.I.P. Earl. The greatest Oriole manager ever.

[@letsgomets07]

Get a beer goat guy

[@mgretche]

If General Motors was managed by the likes of Earl Weaver, Tokyo would be teeming with Chevrolets.

[@ralphstevens2776]

The best manager ever

[@RainNBlood]

So, are the four "thumb downs" from former umpire nemesis of The Earl of Baltimore?

[@andrewpadaetz5549]

"except for those 92 times I disagreed" LOL

[@LIE11Bldg7]

It took Jim Palmer 21 hours to get his hair right for a 3-hour baseball game that's 24 hours in a day folks

[@cheesegreezy9860]

It also got him a 2.86 lifetime era and 268 wins and 3 world series

[@LIE11Bldg7]

@@cheesegreezy9860 Tou'che

[@johnnylafriegas677]

Bill Haller must be mad wherever he is

[@gregg.9420]

He told Bill 5-10 years though.... took him 16 after that incident. 😊

[@scottschum7753]

@@gregg.9420 only because he kept managing.

[@gregg.9420]

Scott Schum That’s true. Fantastic clip.

[@SaulWizz]

Yup. Earl was right!

[@sean7735]

Go Rams & O's

[@Jack51971]

Earl told that umpire that night that he would be in the hall of fame and he was right!🤔🙏

[@richardpoplis6777]

NUMBER 4 SHOULD BE RETIRED IN BALTIMORE a great manager

[@nyterpfan]

Actually--number 4 IS retired in Baltimore--(along with 20 for Frank Robinson, 5 for Brooks Robinson, 8 for Cal Ripken, 22 for Jim Palmer, and 33 for Eddie Murray.)

[@christopherjohnson1803]

I hope Bill Haller was somewhere close by, to tell him about fucking up World Series!!

[@xaviergarcia8274]

Never been on a team or a fan of a team that used orange. I wonder if that's tough to embrace. God bless 'em, I'll bet it is.

[@djquinn11]

How many umpires showed up?

[@captains_collectibles]

be funny if that ump from the one video was there. he said you'll never be in the hof earl lol

[@rokuronzoni6274]

Fun fact, weaver got into the hall of fame for fucking up the world series.

[@matthewcurran82]

Guess Bill Haller was wrong😂😂😂😂😂

[@ericm4046]

Even Alice Sweet forgave Earl and showed up to show her support...Unfortunately Crowley didnt show up, still held that grudge.