Baltimore Orioles Baseball: 'Orioles Magic: 1979 Baltimore Orioles: Orioles Magic is Born'

Source:Baltimore Orioles Baseball- One of the reasons why Baltimore Memorial Stadium was nicknamed the Outdoor Insane Asylum, was because the Orioles dugout was like a dance floor at a nightclub.

"This video is from the Memories on 33rd Street that was released via VHS by the Baltimore Orioles organization in 1992.  The music you hear in the background during the playoffs is "Ain't no stoppin' us now" by McFadden & Whitehead.  

The narrators for this video is Chuck Thompson for the regular season highlights and Jon Miller for the post-season highlights.

1979 Baltimore Orioles Season:

102-57.  1st in the American League East

American League Championship Series:

Baltimore Orioles (3) California Angels (1)

MVP: The A.L. did not award an MVP of the ALCS until 1980. 

1979 World Series:

Pittsburgh Pirates (4) Baltimore Orioles (3)

MVP:  Willie Stargell

Side Notes:

Mike Flanagan won the CY Young award in 1979, going 23-9 with a 3.08 ERA" 

From Baltimore Orioles Baseball

The Orioles had Oriole Magic, the Cleveland Browns had the Kardiac Kids, both nicknames from the late 1970s and early 1980s. The difference being the Orioles were generally good enough to beat their opponents and generally didn't need to have to make miracle comebacks to beat their opponents. 

The Orioles were so good, so disciplined, so professional, Earl Weaver was their manager, that they were never out of any game, especially at Baltimore Memorial Stadium which was an awesome (in the real sense of the word) home field advantage for them in the 1970s and 1980s. 

Mr. Holt History: Martin Luther King Jr.- 'On Love and Nonviolence'

Source:Mr. Holt History- Dr. Martin L. King talking about nonviolence, probably in the 1960s.

“In this clip, Dr. King describes the inter-relationship between love and nonviolence in his theology and practices.”

From Mr Holt History 

I can’t tell you where this interview is from and exactly when it did happen, but only because the person who uploaded this video from where this photo is from didn’t bother to lay that out. But Dr. King was talking about Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama, so I’m thinking it was from the 1960s.

Source:Mr. Holt History- Dr. Martin L. King talking about nonviolence, probably in the 1960s.

There were at least two reasons for Dr. King’s message of non-violence:

One, that he actually believed in it. And I’m not trying to suggest that he didn’t, but the other had a political component to it. He knew that for him and his movement to accomplish what it wanted which was equality and civil rights for all Americans, that he needed more than just African-Americans behind him, that he needed Americans of other races because he was facing a simple numbers game.

African-Americans at least to this point were a relatively small minority. And that they couldn’t go up against even just Anglo-Saxon Southerners who had most of the power down South, on their own. And that he also need positive media attention and not look like violent radicals, or anarchists. But serious intelligent people who had a message for the entire country and that they needed their support. Which is how he was able to bring in so many non-African Americans to his movement.

I’m not trying to say that Dr. King was a true pacifist and that if America was under attack from another country, that it shouldn’t fight back and that would be just one example. But he did have a pacifist approach when it came to the civil rights movement. He directed his people and marchers to simply just take it (for lack of a better phrase) put up with the violence which help get out the message of what his movement was facing from the Anglo-Saxon racist establishment in America. Especially from the South. That way to fight back was to show the opposition for what they really were. Which were radical violent racists and win legal and policy battles. 

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Baltimore Orioles: MLB 1982- 'Orioles Magic: 1982 Baltimore Orioles: The Earl of Baltimore'

Source:Baltimore Orioles- honoring the great manager in Orioles history, as well as The Earl of Baltimore: Earl Weaver.

"This video is from the Memories on 33rd Street that was released via VHS by the Baltimore Orioles organization in 1992. The music you hear in the background is "You Can Do Magic" by America.  The narrator for this video is Chuck Thompson.  1982 Baltimore Orioles:

94-68 

1.0 GB

2nd Place

American League Rookie of the Year:

Cal Ripken JR

This video is owned by the Baltimore Orioles INC. and Major League Baseball." 

From the Baltimore Orioles 

The 1982 Orioles one of the best teams not to make the MLB playoffs.

Unexplained Files: Jim Morrison- in New Haven Arrested in 1967

Source:Unexplained Files- The Lizard King Jim Morrison, being arrested in New Haven, Connecticut in concert, in 1967.

“The Doors: Jim Morrison Arrested 1967”

From Unexplained Files

Source:The Daily Journal- The Lizard King Jim Morrison, being arrested in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1967.

The way this went down is that Jim Morrison and his some times mistress (Patricia Kennealy) were backstage at the New Haven Arena the night of this concert, making out.

A New Haven cop a patrolman catches them in a closet making out and I guess doesn’t recognize Jim Morrison and certainly not Pat Kennealy and orders them both out. Morrison tells the officer that they’re doing nothing wrong and the cop shouldn’t worry about it and I’m paraphrasing. The cop is not satisfied with that and orders them out again. Morrison once again refuses and the cop gets physical and pushes Morrison and Morrison pushes back the cop sprays Morrison and gets him out of the closet.

This is all going down literally moments before this concert started. And Morrison ends up going out on stage with this spray in his eyes. The concert starts out normally, but then Morrison after one song goes silent and instead starts talking and cursing about the cops and explains his side of the story of what happened to him and his part-time girlfriend. The New Have cops have enough of that, interrupt the concert and arrest Jim Morrison on stage and remove him during the middle of the concert. 

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ESPN: 'Earl Weaver, 82, Dies While On Cruise'

Source:ESPN- The Earl of Baltimore: Earl Weaver.

" 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 fire away. The Hall of Fame manager would even tangle with his own players, if necessary.

All this from a 5-foot-6 pepperpot who hated to be doubted.

Although reviled by some, Weaver was beloved in Baltimore and remained an Oriole to the end.

The notoriously feisty Hall of Fame manager died at age 82 on a Caribbean cruise associated with the Orioles, his marketing agent said Saturday.

"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 you wanted to play on the Orioles, this was what you needed to do. And if you couldn't do it, I'll get someone else. I know that's kind of tough love, but I don't think anyone other than Marianna, his wife, would describe Earl as a warm and fuzzy guy."

Weaver took the Orioles to the World Series four times over 17 seasons but won only one title, in 1970. His .583 winning percentage ranks fifth among managers who served 10 or more seasons in the 20th century.

Dick Gordon said Weaver's wife told him that Weaver went back to his cabin after dinner and began choking between 10:30 and 11 Friday night. Gordon said a cause of death has not been determined.

"It's a sad day. Earl was a terrific manager," Orioles vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette said. "The simplicity and clarity of his leadership and his passion for baseball was unmatched. He's a treasure for the Orioles. He leaves a terrific legacy of winning baseball with the Orioles and we're so grateful for his contribution. He has a legacy that will live on."

Weaver will forever remain a part of Camden Yards. A statue of him was dedicated last summer in the stadium's flag court, along with the rest of the team's Hall of Fame members." 

From ESPN

Former Orioles great manager the winningest manager in Orioles history and I believe the best manager, in Major League Baseball in the 1970s and one of the best managers of all time, died today at the age of 82. 

Earl Weaver's memory and legacy will live forever as long as there's Baltimore Orioles baseball because he taught the Orioles how to win not just for one season but how to win season after season. He built the foundation with the players he had on how to win each game and win each season. And his philosophy was so fundamentally sound because it was all about fundamentals. You win baseball games by beating your opponents, not by beating yourself. 

Earl's philosophy was you pitch and execute your pitches well, you play good defense and you get timely hitting. You don't win games by consistently leaving runners in scoring position or by giving your opponents extra outs or by hanging hittable pitches in the strike zone. And because of this there might of been amore fundamentally sound baseball manager in MLB history because The Earl's message was all about fundamental. And his players knew that if they didn't execute, they didn't play.

The Orioles didn't win so much and so often in the 1970s and 80s because they had so much more talent than their opponents, but because they were so much more fundamentally sound than their opponents. When other teams were relying on great talent to win games and relying on a handful of players to win, the Orioles were relying on their whole team because of their great depth and because they had so many players who knew how to play the game the right way and avoided making big mistakes. Which is something the Orioles got way from in the last decade and are finally getting back to now.

Big Miga Boo: 'Death by Execution "The Robert Andrew Lookingbill Story'

Source:Big Miga Boo- Texas convicted murderer Robert Andrew Lookingbill.

"Listen as Mr Lookingbill explanis the pains of facing death by execution in a Texas State Prison." 

From Big Miga Boo

During this whole interview you never hear Robert Andrew Lookingbill either declare that he's innocent, or that he has any remorse for his crimes. The only thing that you hear from him is about what he'll miss if he's put to death for his crimes and what the people he cares about and who cares about him would miss, if he's put to death. 

I get the fact that families and friends of convicted murderers miss out when their friend or relative is put to death for the crimes they committed. But it's hard to feel sorry for any murderer, even if that person is put to death for their murders, especially when they don't even take responsibility or show any remorse for their crimes.

Joey Teefizz: MISL 1992- 11-22-1991- San Diego Sockers @ St. Louis Storm: Highlights

Source:Joey Teefizz- the San Diego Sockers vs the St. Louis Storm, from the St. Louis Arena, in 1991.

"First Half Highlights between Sockers and Storm in St. Louis" 

From Joey Teefizz

The San Diego Sockers are the Los Angeles Lakers of the MISL. I don't think you are going to find another major league, indoor soccer franchise, that has had more championship success, than the San Diego Sockers. The city of St. Louis had the Steamers, that had great success in indoor soccer in the MISL in the 1980s. And then later the Ambush in the National Professional Soccer League in the 1990s and 2000s. So this is a matchup of two of the better major indoor soccer markets in America.