The Baltimore Orioles began wearing a memorial patch to honor their departed former manager, Earl Weaver last Saturday. The have announced they will wear them throughout the season.
At Ed Smith Stadium, the Orioles had a moment of silence for the manager, who died last month at the age of 82, and played a video tribute.
The patch, as seen on the right sleeve of the white jersey
The patches are rather large, almost 3″ across, and are placed on the sleeve, and will always be orange, even on the Orioles orange jerseys.
The circle with just the 4, on the Orioles field
At Ed Smith Stadium, in front of the Orioles dugout, the orange circle and 4 were painted as well.
Our very own Chris Creamer, reporting live from Tampa, FL at Spring Training, first alerted us to the tribute, and supplied this photo:
Photo courtesy of Chris Creamer, reporting from Tampa, of the video board
Upon further investigation we found clearer images, and more about the patch. Creamer did report that the patch was on Manager Buck Showalter’s jacket, but not on the player warmups, nor the BP jerseys.
Nice tribute. The 4 is similar to the number font the Orioles wore when Weaver was the manager. Not sure the reason behind the choice of a serifed font for the words.
Do you like the memorial patch?
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Nick
Monday, February 25, 2013 at 16:02I am going to some games this year. It would have been a shock if they hadn't had something in relation to Earl Weaver on the Orioles' jersey.
Toby Faber
Monday, February 25, 2013 at 18:44What about a patch for Stan the Man in St. Louis?
Jacob Hoyer
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 01:14Knowing the Cards, they'll probably do something like that, too.
ingmar66
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 04:15Just the 4 would have been sufficient, I guess. Nice tribute, though.
Jeffrey Turner
Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 13:00Glad they are honoring the Earl of Baltimore!