The Earl of Baltimore. (Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver)

USA Today (Magazine) | July 1, 1996| | Copyright

IMAGINE a keg of dynamite in the form of a short, gray-haired, gravel-voiced man ready to explode at the slightest provocation--arms flailing furiously, legs kicking up large billowing clouds of infield dirt, lips spewing curses like lava from an angry volcano. An incensed CEO? An escaped madman? A Prozac-deprived lunatic? None of the above. The dynamo in question is none other than the Baseball Hall of Fame's latest inductee, Earl Weaver, manager of the Baltimore Orioles.

For all of its strategies, intricacies, and shades of gray, baseball is a simple game, and Weaver ...

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