Growing up a Red Sox fan, initially, through the early 70's, I used to hate the O's. Then I started to appreciate Weaver's mind games and grew to hold the O's as a legit 2d favorite by 1978 or so. Anything to beat the NYY helped, but Weaver just seemed to be in a different league as far as managerial sharps and personality. I still love pitching and 3 run homers, as well as
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like Roenicke and Lowenstein. RIP.
The '82 team was absurd. He Roenicke, Lowenstein, Disco Dan Ford, Al Bumbry,Jim Dwyer, Benny Ayala, Terry Crowley and Ken Singleton all season. 8 outfielders. Plus they had the incomparable Glenn Gulliver for the second half at third. Weaver used a match up outfield the way LaRussa used a match up bullpen.
