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Post by FredFan7 on Jan 24, 2013 22:03:31 GMT -5
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Post by howard63 on Jan 25, 2013 10:16:23 GMT -5
I was at the game that Palermo was referencing.The crowd just ate up Earl's antics. I never knew that there was a chance of a forfeit being declared. It wouldn't have mattered much; the Orioles lost to the Yankees 4-1. Earl was suspended three games for bumping Richie Garcia.
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Post by timdaye on Jan 25, 2013 17:17:46 GMT -5
Does anyone know what the call was (or wasn't) that led to Earl's tirade? I know the ump kept saying "Behind the rubber", so I assume it was some kind of pickoff play or balk call. Does anyone know?
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Post by FredFan7 on Jan 25, 2013 19:26:53 GMT -5
Balk.
It was the second batter of the game. 7:35 first pitch. Earl got the hook at 7:39.
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Post by FredFan7 on Jan 25, 2013 19:28:53 GMT -5
Luciano let his mouth get ahead of his brain one time saying he didn't care who won the AL, "As long as it wasn't Baltimore," making a joke about his dislike for Weaver. Weaver had a snit and Luciano didn't work Baltimore games for about two years. His last season in the majors ('79) he got assigned a Baltimore game.....and threw Weaver out. Bill Haller's brother was catching for the Tigers in the early '70s. Weaver said that Haller shouldn't umpire any Tigers games because the umpire could be biased. While this probably was best for the league, Haller was resentful that Weaver intimated that he was biased. Haller actually ended up ejecting Weaver more that Luciano. Haller didn't like Weaver and the feeling was mutual. The NL umpires back in the day had to deal with Leo Durocher, who was about as abusive as Weaver; however in the 70s, the AL umpires had to deal with Weaver, Billy Martin, Dick Williams, and Ralph Houk. The 70s was quite a noisy decade for AL umpires! About the only one the NL guys had to deal with was Mauch when he drifted in and out of the league. Also Lucchesi when he managed the Phillies for a while there - although he also did time in the AL. Otherwise they had relatively mild guys like Alston...Berra for a while there...I mean, these guys could yell, but Earl, Billy, Williams, Ralphie - they were fighters! Ah, I forgot. Dick Williams did a stint with the Expos and Padres, so the NL umpires were blessed to hear his chirping from the dugout.
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Post by FredFan7 on Mar 2, 2013 1:20:35 GMT -5
Looks like some videos made when Weaver retired in '82. Some famous umpires are in this clip!
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Post by nyasablue on Mar 3, 2013 7:59:30 GMT -5
Looks like some videos made when Weaver retired in '82. Some famous umpires are in this clip! The look on Luciano's face at 4:00 or so is priceless
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