We are chronicling the ongoing ballplaying career of former Twins outfielder Lew Ford with a column that will appear at startribune.com and in Thursday's print edition. Justin Morneau also was able to ...

“Earl was a black and white manager,” former O’s ace and Hall of Fame member Jim Palmer said Saturday. “He kind of told you what your job description was going to be and kind of basically told you if ...

They came back to say goodbye to the Earl of Baltimore. Orioles Hall of Famers Cal Ripken Jr. and Brooks Robinson spoke tonight at a pregame ceremony to honor the life of former Orioles manager and ...

A sad anniversary passed on Thursday with little notice. It was on that date - Jan. 19, 2013 - when the greatest manager in Orioles history, Earl Weaver, died. It happened on the morning of FanFest ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) — Baseball Hall of Fame manager Earl ...

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 ...

When Earl Weaver died in January 2013, John W. Miller was covering the steel industry for the Wall Street Journal. But someone on the sports desk knew Miller was a baseball nut — a former college ...

BALTIMORE – The Baltimore Orioles honoured Earl Weaver by unveiling a 7-foot statue of the Hall of Fame manager during a ceremony at Camden Yards. The 81-year-old Weaver led the Orioles to four ...

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, ...