Earl Weaver Was Good at Arguing

The video that follows, which is action-video footage of the greatest Lincoln-Douglass/Webster-Hayne blah-blah ever to grace the diamond, will not be safe for work unless your place of employment is a dirty-word factory, in which case I shall now search for you on LinkedIn.

This video has also been viewed more than a half-million times, so it’s quite possible you number among those lucky, teeming thousands. Still, some things, like the Uffizi or the liquor store, are worth visiting again and again. And so we shall …

The melodic progression of the debate peaks at the 2:04 mark, when the two gentlemanly combatants make love to the listener-viewer by discussing whether Earl Weaver will go to the Hall of Fame for winning games or for “f*cking up World Series.”





Handsome Dayn Perry can be found making love to the reader at CBSSports.com's Eye on Baseball. He is available for all your Twitter needs.

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Yirmiyahu
12 years ago

Fuck yeah he was good at arguing. Also, love that Weaver can say “told you so” on the HoF argument.

I assume, Dayn, that you’ve seen the infamous Manager’s Corner?

Yirmiyahu
12 years ago
Reply to  Dayn Perry

Indeed you did: http://www.fangraphs.com/not/index.php/earl-weaver-and-his-glorious-pottymouth

And in that thread, I linked to this Youtube video. I’m always looking out for you, Dayn, to make sure you’ve seen every video of Earl Weaver swearing on the entire internet.