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.

Soccer Mavn: NASL 1976- Seattle Sounders @ St. Louis Stars: 1st Half

Source:Soccer Mavn- the Seattle Sounders and St. Louis Stars, from 1976.

"In the wake of New York Cosmos' signing of Pele in June 1975, North American Soccer League clubs were on the lookout for international talent to bring into the league.  While some teams spent exorbidantly (e.g., Los Angeles Aztecs' acqusition of George Best; Tampa Bay Rowdies' signing of Rodney Marsh), the Seattle Sounders were able to acquire 1966 England World Cup hat trick hero Geoff Hurst as a free agent after his unceremonious release from West Bromwich Albion.

This footage is the opening 9 minutes or so of Hurst's regular season debut with Seattle, a 2-nil loss to St. Louis Stars on April 17, 1976 before 8,154 at Washington University's Francis Field.  Hurst did score the game winner in Seattle's home opener against Portland Timbers eight days later, and finished the season with 8 goals in 23 matches.

The opposition was a novelty in American soccer at the time, as the St. Louis Stars were the only NASL team that fielded a primarily American-born team.  Both goals for the Stars came from the original "Captain America," Al Trost, who finished the season with 12 goals and was named a second team all-star in midfield in the postseason.  Trost was also a two-time Hermann Trophy winner (1969, 1970), collegiate soccer's equivalent of the Heisman.  Trost was capped 14 times for the United States in an era when the country did not play many matches." 

From Soccer Mavn

The MLS should be in St. Louis which has always been one of the best pro soccer markets in America. I think St. Louis has always been a modern, outdoor, football/soccer stadium away, from having major league soccer outdoors, in St. Louis. They've always been one of the best indoor soccer markets in anywhere in the world, because they've always had an arena for indoor soccer, hockey, and basketball. But they've never had a major league caliber outdoor stadium for soccer or football.

NASL Video: NASL 1977- Los Angeles Aztecs @ Dallas Tornado: First Half

Source:NASL History- the Los Angeles Aztecs vs the Dallas Tornado, from 1977.

"1977 05 07 Los Angeles Aztecs at Dallas Tornado" 

From NASL History

I'm not sure about this, but I the announcer for this game sounds like Al Michaels, who of course worked for ABC Sports in the 1970s and 80s and was doing primarily college football for ABC Sports and a little of Monday Night Baseball for MLB. But there's very little information about what network or station produced the TV coverage for this game. And I just don't much about this game, but wanted to see it because I like NASL soccer and these two teams were both pretty good. 

Joey Teefizz: MISL 1985- MISL Finals Game 5- Baltimore Blast @ San Diego Sockers: Highlights

Source:Joey Teeifzz- the Bast and Sockers for the 1985 MISL Championship.

"MISL Baltimore Blast at SD Sockers Game 5 Finals 5-28-85. Game 5 in San Diego in front of a good crowd... 

From Joey Teefizz

This is sort of the Celtics-Lakers matchup of the MISL as far as how successful the Baltimore Blast and San Diego Sockers have been.

Tom Hayden: ‘Did Anti-War & Lifelong Democrat Tom Hayden Send Generation a Huge Message?’

Source:BBC News- Tom Hayden & Jane Fonda.

“Hayden died in his home in Santa Monica “after a lengthy illness”, the Los Angeles Times reports.

He was a member of the “Chicago seven” charged with conspiracy over anti-Vietnam war protests in 1968 and eventually acquitted.

Hayden later served in the California state assembly and Senate for nearly two decades. He was married to actress Jane Fonda between 1973 and 1990.

Born in Michigan in 1939, he became an activist during his time at the University of Michigan, where he helped to found Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).

While there, he wrote a policy document called the Port Huron Statement, which he styled the “agenda for a generation.” 

From BBC News 

“DemocracyNow.org – We speak with Tom Hayden, principal author of the Port Huron statement 50 years ago, the founding document of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). The statement advocated for participatory democracy and helped launch the student movement of the 1960s. Tens of thousands of copies of the 25,000-word document were printed in booklet form. The youth-led movement changed the very language of politics and its impact is still being felt today. Hayden is a longtime activist and former California state senator.” 

Source:Democracy Now- Students For a Democratic Society founder Tom Hayden.

From Democracy Now 

Every generation in America is different, but from really the founding of the American Federal Republic in the 1770s, to up to the early and mid 1960s, America was dominated by a social collectivist culture about what it meant to be an American.

And then we go through the Great Depression of the 1920s and 30s and even with that you have this generation of Americans who were born during that period (1925-41) who were growing during the Great Depression of the 1930s and then World War II during the 1940s and then the 1950s comes with America returning to prosperity, but with a generation of Silent babies who weren’t satisfied with that prosperity, who wanted more for themselves and for Americans who were left out of that prosperity, especially women and minorities.

This is the generation of Americans that Tom Hayden is from and represents as someone who was born in 1939 and grew up in the 1940s and 50s and went to college in the 1960s and lived through the civil rights movement and the antiwar movement that happened later in that decade. Who saw and viewed an America that didn’t work for everyone, especially themselves.

And then you have the Baby Boomers who came of age in the 1960s who joined this New-Left political movement that was about total equality between the races and between men and women, who were also antiwar. Who also wanted a new America, a new form of government, new economic system, to create an American socialist state that would work for everyone and even use violence in some cases to achieve those political goals.

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