tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2534235676864614634.post2701845621244585445..comments2024-03-12T03:12:01.172-04:00Comments on Orioles Card "O" the Day: Vintage Fridays: Earl Weaver, 1978 Topps #211Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334533396646438555noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2534235676864614634.post-6522279911064747362008-11-22T20:22:00.000-05:002008-11-22T20:22:00.000-05:00Thanks for the thorough and excellent shout out!Thanks for the thorough and excellent shout out!Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05644396308532248413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2534235676864614634.post-5254460970302929912008-11-22T05:05:00.000-05:002008-11-22T05:05:00.000-05:00I've gone on record as saying that the '78 Topps m...I've gone on record as saying that the '78 Topps manager cards are the best manager cards of all-time. I don't to hear any arguments!night owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2534235676864614634.post-78195143696325331212008-11-21T18:06:00.000-05:002008-11-21T18:06:00.000-05:00Earl!!! I just love the guy, always will. I was fo...Earl!!! I just love the guy, always will. I was fortunate enough to have met him a few times. The first was at the baseball winter meetings in Houston in 1973. I had finagled press credentials from the college paper and skipped a week of classes to hang out with all the baseball bigwigs.<BR/>The highlight was a press lunch that I attended and sat down at Earl's table. He had some great stories. I brought up an Oriole-Yankee game from 1970 that had been the best regular season game I had ever seen. Earl picked up the game story from me and went on and on about that game. (I've told that game story here I think). What a fun day that was.<BR/>Some years later I was waiting for my bags at the airport here in Houston when a couple of brown tweed bags wit embroidered Oriole emblems emerged. I was amazed to see the guy next to me reach for them! It was Earl. I spoke to him and he was genuinely interested in talking to an Oriole fan in Houston. He even remembered (or so he said) the press luncheon discussion from several years before.<BR/>Kevin, thanks for featuring Earl today. What a great guy and greater manager.Commishbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2534235676864614634.post-60247154551632773502008-11-21T18:04:00.000-05:002008-11-21T18:04:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Commishbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.com