RIP, Earl

[dando]

One of the last of a dying breed. I will lament the day when Tommy Baseball passes away. :(

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NSFW.

-Kevin

[SteveH]

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[dando]

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[Andrew Longman]

As a life long Yankees fan, many years in a pennant race with the O's, Earl was a worthy and admired adversary... Even before he started growing tomatoes down the left field line. How can you not love that?

A Billy Martin/Earl Weaver managed game was likely to produce a lot of entertainment. :D

RIP

[dando]

As a life long Yankees fan, many years in a pennant race with the O's, Earl was a worthy and admired adversary... Even before he started growing tomatoes down the left field line. How can you not love that?

A Billy Martin/Earl Weaver managed game was likely to produce a lot of entertainment. :D

RIP

Earl, Sparky, Billy, Whitey et al....they just don't make them they used to. :(

-Kevin

[Dvdb]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWQbN0jFo_k

Posted without comment, other than really NSFW.

[Napoleon]

... Even before he started growing tomatoes down the left field line.


Seriously?

:rofl:

Was he Italian?

[Andrew Longman]

Seriously?

:rofl:

Was he Italian?Nope just an avid gardener http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19870329&id=WE9KAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zJMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6859,9827032

But according to the above years later it was revealed that it was actually the groundskeepers who grew them. The story at the time was they belonged to Weaver.