Bob Uecker learns from Earl on how to get ejected

[Moose Milligan]

Apropos of nothing, but I've never seen this before.

 

[fansince1988]

I always liked BU, very pleasant and approachable. My dad took us to a spring game in the early 90's, I believe it was at Al Lang Stadium (current home of the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the USL). Long story short Uecker was broadcasting the game and he autographed for my brother and I before first pitch from the booth. It was one of the first autographs we got as young baseball fans. 

[drjohnnyfever1]

My guy!

If you've never read Bob Uecker's book, Catcher in the Wry, it's terrific!

[Tony-OH]

I love how Earl could just come up with that "anger" on the spot. He was a maestro for sure on arguing! 

[tntoriole]

Ummm the sanitized Earl version … love it !! There were a few words on George Carlin’s list when the Earl was actually going off lol 

[tntoriole]

5 minutes ago, tntoriole said:

Ummm the sanitized Earl version … love it !! There were a few words on George Carlin’s list when the Earl was actually going off lol 

Memorial Stadium .. my youth was spent there!! 

[InsideCoroner]

26 minutes ago, tntoriole said:

Ummm the sanitized Earl version … love it !! There were a few words on George Carlin’s list when the Earl was actually going off lol 

And if you’ve ever heard Uecker talk off-mic, he’s every bit the vulgarian that Earl was. 

[tntoriole]

11 minutes ago, InsideCoroner said:

And if you’ve ever heard Uecker talk off-mic, he’s every bit the vulgarian that Earl was. 

Earl was the maestro though of vulgarity lol 

[Oriole1940]

Others in the family were  approachable too.  My daughter became friends with his daughter when we lived in the St.Louis area.  When my son was sick for quite a spell, she gave my daughter a signed baseball for him during his sick period.   Had all team members signed on it.  Underneath all that arguing and gruffness was a true  gentlemen.  

[drjohnnyfever1]

Well, Manager's Corner was always sensational...

"Terry Crowley's lucky he's in f@&king baseball."  lol  Classic.

Manager's Corner

[Yossarian]

Ueker's speech at his induction ceremony into the HOF is one for the ages

 

He went in with Eddie and had Eddie and the entire crowd in stitches.   A classic. 

[Satyr3206]

4 hours ago, Yossarian said:

Ueker's speech at his induction ceremony into the HOF is one for the ages

 

He went in with Eddie and had Eddie and the entire crowd in stitches.   A classic. 

That is classic!

[Moose Milligan]

I went down an Earl Weaver rabbit hole on YouTube.  

This one is pretty good.  If you think Palmer is a knowitall now, you should have heard him shortly after he retired.  I'd give any amount of money to have spent time with him and Weaver in a broadcast booth.

 

 

[Moose Milligan]

These two had a good laugh, too.

 

 

 

[SouthRider]

I went down the same Earl Weaver rabbit hole after viewing this thread.   I had to show my teenage son who Earl was.  I showed him the clip of Earl arguing with umpire Bill Haller.   He thought Earl was crazy.   Then, feeling nostalgic, I alone watched the 2013 Remembering Earl ceremony (all 40 minutes of it).   This was followed up by Earl's HOF induction  speech.  I then watched Andre Dawson's complete induction speech, as it auto-played and felt too disrespectful to a great player from my youth to turn it off. 

There are a lot of good life lessons in those speeches.