The Earl of Baltimore

Weaver on umpires: "Some have said that I can accept inadequacies in my players but not in umpires. That completely misses the point. I can't tolerate anyone's mistake."-- Earl Weaver in "Weaver on Strategy" (with Terry Pluto). In all the years I have known the marvelous umpire Steve Palermo, I have never once heard him say Earl Weaver's name. He would …