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From: borodkin@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: canesco(?), and the A's
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Date: Wed, 23-Oct-85 23:52:00 EDT
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/* Written  7:33 am  Oct 16, 1985 by gates@bdmrrr.UUCP in uiucdcsb:net.sport.baseball */

> I agree that Earl Weaver fouled up the Orioles this year.
> ...                                        But back to Earl Weaver--
> Weaver managed some fantastic talent in the last 20 years.  This year
> was his first real test for the Orioles had some shortcomings going into
> the season.  (at that time it was their hitting that was suspect)
> Weaver will get an oppurtunity to prove himself next year, when he has a
> full year to work with the team.  

To say that 1985 was Earl Weaver's first big test as a manager is
to miss an important point.  In his autobiography, Earl Weaver says
something to the effect that "Some say that I am not as good as my
record indicates because we've always had a lot of talent on the
Orioles.  Well, that's the idea.  You make good trades and acquisitions
in December so they'll win you games in August."

Managers don't win games by knowing when to put on the hit and run;
they win games by picking up under-valued players in December, and
choosing among them in March.  So look out next year as the Orioles
combine Earl Weaver's judgment with Edward Bennet Williams's cash.

			Stephen L. Borodkin

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