I miss Earl Weaver, and I do wonder from time to time what he'd make of where the game has gone these days.
Consider this. It's just a mid-season game from 1982, with Billy Martin and his Oakland A's visiting Baltimore. The Orioles are in third place, four games back of the Brewers. Oakland, on the other hand has completely collapsed in Martin's third year. Hey, what else is new? Oakland had gone 64-45 and played the Yankees in the weird 1981 post-season. But on this 24th of July, they're sitting at 40-56.
Rick Langford is starting for Oakland against Scott McGregor.