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My question is, is there a way to listen to this without downloading it first?
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I've often thought about this myself especially with all the wild fires that take place not too far from where I live. Sure there are the practicality and sentimental objects but what Transformer(s) would you take with you?
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You should also do one with It Is Him that's all about Erector jokes.
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You should also do one with It Is Him that's all about Erector jokes.
I could probably carry an entire Podcast on that topic alone.
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Perth weatherRe: Perth weatherAfter all the humidity and wind this morning was excellent. A little chilly when I got up at 530, blue sky and hardly any wind. Loved it.
Re: Perth weatherYep 14c was a bit of a shock but a nice one
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Re: Perth weatherWho else is riding in the early afternoon at the moment? Nasty wind!!
Re: Perth weatherTrigg bush land fire smoke didn't get a whiff until last minute of ride after turning up my street and seeing right in the path down wind of it
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Re: Perth weatherNope early morning still a bit windy nothing like the arvo though.
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Found my early morning 4:46am start rather lovely and still, compared to my regular afternoon 30-40km winds with 50km gust rides Will
Re: Perth weatherYes the wind has been a bit of a birch in the arvo of late. Well starting from Saturday we'll also have mid to high 30's to be happy about
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Had a good view of helicopter filling up with water on the ride home yesterday. Fantastic machine. Shame about the fire.
Re: Perth weatherthis morning was great, nice and cool. Afternoon's not so much fun, heat and wind.
Re: Perth weatherDoes life get any better than the past few mornings for riding?
The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass
Re: Perth weatherYeah its been awesome. If only it wasn't work that I was riding to every morning
Proudly "a hater of academics with helmet cams"
Re: Perth weatherLooks like a bit of a break from this:
Re: Perth weatherIt was magic this morning with the full moon shining on the sea. Very special.
Very glad to be out riding. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass
Re: Perth weatherYeah my first on-bike sunrise for a while, 'twas a goodie with east and west at their best
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I was along the coast too. It was LUSH Sent from my MB526 using Tapatalk 2
Re: Perth weatherthis morning was simply awesome.
keep up the good work perth, <3 your autumn-when-it's-not-raining weather
Re: Perth weather
Word. Glassy river, mild-to-bracing temp, mmmm!
Re: Perth weatherTwas a bit fresh this morning. My breath was taken away when I saw a hairy machine pedalling south around the old North Beach caravan park wearing only a pair of footy shorts at about 6.00am this morning. Does anyone else see this bloke? Apparently regularly pedals along Wanneroo rd near Green St still only wearing footy shorts.
Re: Perth weatherSounds like Mad Dog?
Certainly was fresh, Jandakot area down to 4deg or something
Re: Perth weather<3-in the fog.
king's park was delightful this morning. inflammatory statement or idea
Re: Perth weatherI couldn't wear the clear safety glasses because they just f'd up in the f'g. No injuries sustained, hopefully some good footage, used the bike with Roam2 camera on it as a commercial VHS cameraman experience shouldering it to take panorama footage from the boardwalk.
Re: Perth weatherWas great out today. Bloody steamy tho
Proudly "a hater of academics with helmet cams"
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Re: Perth weatherCBD was covered with loads of low cloud, looked more like some tropical asian city than little old Perth. Nice riding weather even if a bit humid and sweaty.
Re: Perth weatherI cycled this afternoon and was coming down majestic hill in applecross when my breaks didn't work due to the wet weather. I came off and am now very scratched up and bruised. Do you all have different breaks? Or is my bike a dud..
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So what Kinda dog do you have??
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What kinda dog are you planning on getting??
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Congrats on getting a new "baby". Be sure to put up pics as soon as you can,I'd love to see the new "baby".
Posted 13 August 2005 - 02:35 PM
This one is poor Chacho,he's already been through 2 previous owners and sadly noone here wants him either EXCEPT for me....I love him, even though he's kinda goofy looking...hehe.....he's the sweetest dog in the world! Sorry I don't really know what he is.....most likely a mix.
Posted 13 August 2005 - 03:28 PM
and k-mom, I'm sorry to hear about your Belle, it is very sad to lose a pet. How did things go when you met the three dogs?
Posted 23 August 2005 - 02:27 PM
Then I have Rizzo. No clue what she is. A few speculations, but at this point it doesn't matter. She is a rescue case and is about 5 or 6.
My roommate has a dobie, approx 3 or 4 yrs, named Eve. In the following pic, you see my two, Eve, and Lita. Lita is the border collie mix to the far left. She is about 8 months old and is my foster. She is on petfinder.com but hasn't gotten placed, yet. And yes, this is where they all sleep....with me!
And this is my most recent foster dog, Booger. Blue heeler and about 4 or 5 months old. Smart as a whip and may be going to live with my fellow dog trainer at PETsMART.
I need to get some new pics of him, cause he is ALWAYS smiling now.
I didn't feel so bad, tho, when some nut came in the store last night. He has 22 (yes TWENTY TWO) dachshunds. One in every color and hair type!!! He's only missing a white one. Sheesh.
Posted 23 August 2005 - 08:59 PM
If you ever decide to post anymore, please do share them with us....afterall we're all crazy about our "children"...hehe.
P.S. Usually all my dogs sleep with me too, my bed's a lot smaller, but then again so are my dogs.
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Even though I don't have a dog, a lot of people in my neighborhood do. Next door there's a couple of bulldogs and a black lab mix, and a visiting Westie that pops in every now & then. In just a few blocks are people with Huskies, Greyhounds, Pekes, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Beagles, spaniels, labs, and mutts of all kinds. One woman & her roommate have 4 mixed blend dogs - it's funny when she walks them, they get all tangled up.
Posted 03 September 2005 - 09:30 PM
My second dog is a Shetland Sheepdog named "Jetz" 'cause he ALWAYS has his 'jets on'. He's a rescue too, bought at 6 wks of age from a backyard breeder, the new owners'son started having violent allergic reactions to him. I work in a pet store and this guy just popped in and asked if we bought dogs, (we don't and never will) so I took him off his hands when he was 8 wks old, now he's 9 months old and if I don't get him fixed this month Dan is going to kill him, if I don't first.
My first dog was a spitz mix named "ChiChi", then came the pugs. "Printz" was first followed by "Kim Su" who electocuted himself by hiding behind a couch and chewing on a cord, he was my baby and I was just a teen, I cried for days.
When I got married my husband and I bought a then unknown breed called The American Eskimo. "Snowy" was a great little apartment dog, never had a day of training but never left the backyard, never barked when someone passed our apt. door unless they stopped at the door. My son and Snowy became the best of friends and I would LOL watching the 2 of them playing in snow, my son, age 3 would fall down and Snowy would plow the snow with her nose until she found him and would dig him out.
My sister is married to a deaf mute and they have owned pugs all their lives. Pugs seem to become natural hearing dogs for the deaf because every one they have ever owned taught itself to alert whenever the door bell rang, the phone rang, the alarm clocked clicked before going off and and would wake my brother-in-law up before the bed would start shaking, and a whole lot of other things hearing dogs had to be taught, but never the pugs.
I left the House of Orange and joined the rebels by getting a Keeshond sight unseen (another rescue) out of Maryland. He went on to become my first Ch. Too many more followed and lived with me to list but in the '80's I was lucky enough to own a Keeshond who made Ch. before he was a year of age by beating out the Champions at dog shows. Atom became 1 of the top 10 Keeshonden in the country two years running, won a HOF issued by the Keeshond Club of America for winning over 2000 other Kees, was bred to the top winning female in Canada and his daughter was the last Kees I owned. When Atom died of cancer I was too dishearted to continue breeding.
Then came the Shiba Inu's, 2 of them. One stole my daughters heart and now lives with her but I get to babysit with Cayenne about 1 week end a month.
I have had a long and happy life with dogs but the Spitz breeds will always be my favorites.
I'm not trying to brag, just wanted to share with all of you my love of dogs and those I have had. I am an avid watcher of the Eukanuba and Westminster Shows and just for fun I sometimes go the our local show.
Jetz is in training to become an agility dog. Dan just plays couch potato with me whenever he can and finds his way around the house by using his other senses and by letting his ears brush along furniture, etc. so I keep the hair long on his ears but the rest of him is clipped short.
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kees_lady, that is amazing. I like watching Miracle Pets - have you ever seen that show? It's about amazing things that pets do, whether it's attacking an intruder to sniffing out a cancer untrained.
ickbug, I'm sorry, but I don't know the answer to your question. Hopefully someone else will.
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And sorry I don't know the answer to the dog show question either, ickbug.


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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont lawmakers considering legislation that would allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients seeking to end their own lives heard Tuesday from former Gov. Madeleine Kunin, who said her brother's death last month only strengthened her belief that a dying patient's wishes must be paramount.
Kunin, a longtime supporter for assisted suicide legislation, told a state Senate committee that she watched former state Sen. Edgar May slowly slip away last month.
"I was there at his bedside for almost two weeks," Kunin said. "He told me had had made a decision, and he said the words, 'I want to die.'"
The 83-year-old May "made his wishes very, very clear to the physician" at the Veterans Administration hospital in Tucson, Ariz., where he died, Kunin said.
The remarks of the former governor, who served three two-year terms from 1985 to 1990, came as the Senate Health and Welfare Committee began four days of scheduled hearings on legislation dubbed "death with dignity" by its supporters and "physician-assisted suicide" by its opponents.
Oregon has had such a law in place since 1997; Washington state since 2008. Officials and advocates involved in implementing Oregon's law were among those scheduled to testify to Vermont lawmakers this week.
On Tuesday evening, more than 200 people packed the House chamber — the largest room in the Statehouse — to argue both for and against the measure.
Guy Page, of Barre, told of a son who is now in his 20s but had been emotionally disturbed and considered suicide as a teenager. Teachers and counselors had told him not even to consider that an option. Then he saw a debate about assisted death legislation.
Page told lawmakers his son called the assisted suicide idea hypocritical, saying he was told death was "never an option" but apparently fine for others.
"I saw the fear in my son's eyes. I saw how the double standard shook him," Page said. He urged lawmakers, "Give the Tim Pages of today and tomorrow no reason whatsoever to consider suicide."
Others spoke of friends and loved ones who experienced prolonged suffering as they died.
Judy Murphy of Bennington described sitting with one terminally ill friend. "She ended her life by starving herself," she said, adding that it took eight days. "She should have had the choice of death with dignity."
The bill would allow patients give six months or less to live by at least two doctors to declare their wish to die three times — once in writing — during a 15-day period and then be given a prescription for a lethal dose of barbiturates, which the patient would go home to take.
Sen. Claire Ayer, D-Addison and chairwoman of the Health and Welfare Committee, said she expected to have her committee approve the bill by Friday. From there, it is slated to go the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has already agreed to allow it to get to the Senate floor, but may do so with a recommendation that the full Senate vote against it.
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Whats the price of this netbook? And again only available with windows?
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Whats the price of this netbook? And again only available with windows?
Seems to have a similar awful keyboard layout the Eee PCs have. Samsung has got it right, with the number keys starting where they should and the right shift placed correctly. I am also wondering the need to always include the Windows key and the "list" key. How many people really use them?
Another netbook with windows... Wake me up when they are sold with linux again...
You can expect that Win is sold for less than 10$ for those systems, you would not gain much - besides the 1 GB RAM/160 GB HD restriction to get Win that cheap.
Hahaha I love the way this is worded:
After wiping Windows XP SP3 from the hard disk we proceeded to install Ubuntu 8.10. With Ubuntu 8.10 and the Linux 2.6.27 kernel, everything had appeared to work "out of the box" without any additional configurations.
I have one of these and am having a problem with the wired networking.
Sometimes the wired interface just stops working and I have to
unload / reload the tg3 module to get it back.
This only seems to happen when I am logged into the machine
remotely and am compiling things (heavy load).
I have searched and found people on freebsd were having the same
problem (but nobody on linux has reported it).
I tried applying the driver fix which supposedly worked on freebsd
to the linux driver but it didn't seem to help.
In all the reviews I have seen of this netbook, it seems like people
test the wireless and forget about the wired interface.
I don't know if I have a defective device or am just using it in
a way other people aren't.
Here in germany they are sold as s10e (e for education), with SuSe Enterprise Linux. Unfortunately these models come with a reflecting screen. But they've got a 160 GB HD, 1,5 GB ram and a 6-cell-battery to make up for it, and for a realy great price: 329 with Linux and 369 with Windows (which has only 1 GB of ram) (that's 433$/485$).
If I'd buy myself a netbook this would definitly be the one. But I'm looking forward to the AMD-powered 12-inch subnotebooks (or for when I can afford a Thinkpad x200... hey, a guy's allowed to dream :P).
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Even if microsoft gets only 1 dollar for this netbook with windows, I am not ready to pay this. I can't accept what MS does the whole day and in the world in general and so I won't buy this stuff. It is more a kind of principle.
Now that I know that this is also available with linux (even cheaper + more ram) I read a few reviews and the most annoying point is probably the loud fan. Could I have another statement here? And is the fan controllable with fancontol (pwmconfig)? Thanks!
Has anyone ever had any luck getting a refund for windows on a netbook? I'm contemplating buying an NC10 and putting in an SSD, but I'm not really interested in paying for a windows license I'll never use.


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Supervisors approve funding for Public Works Dept.
Joshua Sebold Staff Writer 6/2/2010
The Plumas County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved $125,000 out of a public works equipment replacement fund at an early May meeting after receiving an explanation for the request from Public Works Director Bob Perreault.
The director explained three major pieces of equipment had experienced significant failures since the beginning of winter.
Perreault's background information on the agenda item indicated the engines failed on a 1980 flatbed truck and a 1972 tracked dozer, while the transmission broke on a 1973 tracked dozer.
The document said the two dozers were used in different parts of the county and would be replaced by a single, previously used piece of equipment that would "be sized appropriately to allow the equipment to be transported countywide without the need for transportation permits."
A used vehicle will also be purchased to replace the flatbed truck.
The background information explained that repairing the existing equipment was not a realistic option, as doing so would make them fall under the California Air Resources Board's diesel emission rules.
The document explained there might not even be technology available for making the required updates to these specific pieces of equipment, as they are old. Even if the technology existed it would be extremely expensive.
The background information also indicated the dozer replacement would lower the county motor pool size by one vehicle and put it in better standing for the diesel emission rules in the future.
Perreault told the board Public Works Deputy Director Joe Blackwell recommended buying used equipment and found suitable options in Northern California, but hadn't chosen what specific pieces he would buy yet.
The background document also explained the replacement schedule has this equipment slated for 2018, but "failures of this magnitude cannot be predicted."
Perreault also said the replacement fund would have an additional $125,000 left over after the expenditures that would roll over into the next fiscal year.
Quincy Supervisor Lori Simpson asked what the savings were on the used equipment compared to new vehicles.
The director said he couldn't be completely sure, as the individual pieces to be bought weren't identified yet, but he would guess somewhere around $1 million total.
After a few seconds of stunned silence from the board members, Graeagle and East Quincy Supervisor Ole Olsen made a motion to approve the request, and the rest of the board quickly agreed.


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Publisher teases currently unannounced project on Vine.
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Grab your pistol and get ready to take out some mutant Nazis, We wrap up our Video Game History Month marathon series with Wolfenstein!
Doom, Quake, Rage, and more! Everything you ever wanted to know about id Software in one handy video. Presented by Danny O'Dwyer.
Academy Award-winning Pulp Fiction and Silent Hill Roger Avary booked for felony DUI, could be charged with manslaughter.
Film adaptation of id Software's seminal shooter diverges from game's plot but still about "blowing s*** up."
Proposed legislation targets pixelated mayhem and virtual violence; legislators consider acts of cruelty against "human-looking characters" as reason enough to fine, imprison.
Texas event celebrates first full decade; id-sponsored frag-fest set to battle August 11-14.
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Id Software releases a new multiplayer level for Return to Castle Wolfenstein via Xbox Live.
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id Software releases the first downloadable map for Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War on the Xbox.
Activision ships Raster's PS2 reworking of id's World War II-themed first-person shooter to stores in North America.
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Hefner gets the call for NY after sweep of Giants; Morton starts for Bucs
The Mets are playing some of their best baseball of the season approaching the All-Star break, but their final series of the first half is going to give them a true test.
New York is 16-9 in its last 25 games heading into Friday's series opener against Pittsburgh, but the Pirates have been one of baseball's biggest surprises. They have remained in contention in the National League Central all season behind a strong pitching staff, which will look to shut down a Mets lineup that has been hot during the team's recent string of success.
New York scored seven runs Wednesday, one day after breaking out for 10 against San Francisco.
As it continues to climb toward .500, New York is hoping it can finish off the first half strong.
And the Mets have one of their best pitchers of late on the mound to help them do that.
Jeremy Hefner is 4-6 with a 3.39 ERA this season, emerging as a dependable and consistent starter for the Mets. He has given up only one earned run in each of his last three starts. Since June 4, Hefner's ERA is just 1.64, which is the best in the Major Leagues in that stretch.
In Hefner's seven starts during that span, he has 37 strikeouts and eight walks. And the Mets have taken advantage of the stellar performances he has been giving them. They have won the last five games Hefner has started.
Hefner said several factors led him to this type of resurgence.
"We made a mechanical adjustment a couple months ago, toward the end of May," Hefner said. "I have a little more deceptiveness, and the velocity's gone up a little bit. Playing great defense and we're scoring runs. I've got a few more wins because we scored some more runs."
The last time he faced Pittsburgh, on Sept. 26, Hefner was superb. He pitched seven scoreless innings, giving up only three hits with seven strikeouts and one walk.
"They're a good team; they pitch really well," Hefner said. "They have some good young guys and some solid veteran guys, too. It will be a challenge, but I'm up for it."
The Pirates will have Charlie Morton on the mound Friday. He is 1-2 with a 3.38 ERA and has made only five starts since beginning the season on the disabled list after having right elbow surgery last June.
While the Mets are carrying momentum into this weekend, the Pirates are struggling to find any. But Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said momentum at the break did not necessarily mean much.
"The last few years we've finished strong at the end of the first half," Hurdle said. "I've played on teams that have not finished well in the first half and come out blazing in the first half."
New York: Mets to skip Harvey's start
Pittsburgh received a break Wednesday, as the Mets announced they would skip Matt Harvey's start Saturday because of an innings limit and a blister that has bothered him in recent starts.
"He's going to be limited innings this summer," manager Terry Collins said. "The amount is yet to be determined. When you got 14 starts left, he's going to start creeping up on it."
The Mets will allow Harvey to make an appearance in the All-Star Game at Citi Field on Tuesday.
• With his fifth-inning, two-run home run Wednesday, Marlon Byrd has 19 hits in his last 14 games. In that span, he is hitting .311 with four home runs and 13 RBIs. He leads the team with 15 home runs this season.
Pittsburgh: Hurdle remains confident in lineup
The Pirates have been struggling to score runs, and it has cost them games as the first half nears its close. Entering its season finale against Oakland, Pittsburgh had scored just six runs in four games.
Still, manager Clint Hurdle says the Pirates can turn things around.
"I believe its an offense that will self correct," Hurdle said. "We've got a number of individuals that probably haven't met expectations we projected going in; we've got a few that have. They're mindful of that as well."
Worth noting
• With his ninth-inning single Wednesday, David Wright extended his hitting streak to 11 games.
• Mets catcher John Buck went 2-for-4 on Wednesday, his second multihit performance in his last three games. Before Saturday, he had not had a multihit game since June 16.
Chris Iseman is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Fiery Orioles manager Earl Weaver dead at 82
Sunday - 1/20/2013, 2:30am EST
By DAVID GINSBURG
AP Sports Writer
BALTIMORE (AP) - 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. "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."
Baseball lost another Hall of Famer later Saturday when longtime St. Louis Cardinals star Stan Musial died at age 92.
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.
"Earl Weaver stands alone as the greatest manager in the history of the Orioles organization and one of the greatest in the history of baseball," Orioles owner Peter Angelos said. "This is a sad day for everyone who knew him and for all Orioles fans. Earl made his passion for the Orioles known both on and off the field. On behalf of the Orioles, I extend my condolences to his wife, Marianna, and to his family."
Weaver was a salty-tongued manager who preferred to wait for a three-run homer rather than manufacture a run with a stolen base or a bunt. While some baseball purists argued that strategy, no one could dispute the results.
"Earl was well known for being one of the game's most colorful characters with a memorable wit, but he was also amongst its most loyal," Commissioner Bud Selig said. "On behalf of Major League Baseball, I send my deepest condolences to his wife, Marianna, their family and all Orioles fans."
Weaver had a reputation as a winner, but umpires knew him as a hothead. Weaver would often turn his hat backward and yell directly into an umpire's face to argue a call or a rule, and after the inevitable ejection he would more often than not kick dirt on home plate or on the umpire's shoes.
Orioles programs sold at the old Memorial Stadium frequently featured photos of Weaver squabbling.
He was ejected 91 times, including once in both games of a doubleheader.
Asked once if his reputation might have harmed his chances to gain entry into the Hall of Fame, Weaver admitted, "It probably hurt me."
Not for long. He entered the Hall in 1996.
"When you discuss our game's motivational masters, Earl is a part of that conversation," Baseball Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson said. "He was a proven leader in the dugout and loved being a Hall of Famer. Though small in stature, he was a giant as a manager."
His ejections were overshadowed by his five 100-win seasons, six AL East titles and four pennants. Weaver was inducted 10 years after he managed his final game with Baltimore at the end of an ill-advised comeback.


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