{"conversationCode":"011-101","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":101,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-101","startDateTime":"1971-10-17T20:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-17T20:23:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Oct-1971","startTime":"4:22 PM","endDate":"17-Oct-1971","endTime":"4:23 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Weaver, Earl;","description":"On October 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Earl Weaver talked on the telephone from 4:22 pm to 4:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-101 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 011-101\n\n Date: October 17, 1971\n Time: 4:22 pm - 4:23 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with Earl Weaver.\n\n      Condolences\n           -Defeat of Baltimore Orioles by Pittsburgh Pirates\n           -Mike Cuellar\n\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n              -Orioles trip to Japan\n              -Frank Robinson","filename":["011-101.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:39:22","tapeEnd":"02:40:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Weaver, Earl"],"prevCode":"011-100","nextCode":"011-102","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":1.5,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.74,"end":3.04,"text":"Yes."},{"start":4.26,"end":4.62,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":5.54,"end":18.25,"text":"Earl, I know it's a tough time for you, but let me tell you that the Orioles played like champions when they lost, and I also admire your fighting spirit."},{"start":18.27,"end":30.43,"text":"Well, let me tell you, I've lost a few, and I know that you don't get many calls when you lose, but boy, your fellows were great, and I saw the game yesterday on TV."},{"start":30.84,"end":33.93,"text":"And that was one of the greatest, and the one today was."},{"start":34.01,"end":34.99,"text":"It could have gone either way."},{"start":35.59,"end":39.47,"text":"I tell you, Quayar and your boys are just fantastic."},{"start":40.26,"end":42.02,"text":"Well, thank you very much."},{"start":42.08,"end":50.93,"text":"And just tell the boys that they played like champions, and you'll get a great reception in Japan, too, I'm sure."},{"start":50.95,"end":54.01,"text":"Well, we hope to represent the United States as well as..."},{"start":54.03,"end":56.63,"text":"Listen, I... We have a right to go on as world champions, but we'll go on as American League champions."},{"start":56.67,"end":58.99,"text":"American League champions, and just one run away from the top, so..."},{"start":59.33,"end":71.14,"text":"And after all, as you pointed out, I guess no other team's won 100 games for three straight years in the American League, and there'll be another day."},{"start":71.27,"end":85.64,"text":"Well, tell all those fellows that I must say, when I saw yesterday when Frank Robinson went to third and that won, and then I said, my God, if an old man can run like that, he's doing all right."},{"start":85.66,"end":87.07,"text":"Fine, and good luck to you, Earl."},{"start":87.55,"end":87.99,"text":"Fine, bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon called Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver to offer condolences following the team's loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1971 World Series. The President praised the Orioles' competitive spirit and their historical achievement of winning 100 games for three consecutive seasons. Nixon specifically commended the performance of Frank Robinson and offered well wishes for the team's upcoming goodwill trip to Japan.","topics":["Baltimore Orioles","Earl Weaver","1971 World Series","Baseball","Frank Robinson","Sports diplomacy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:24:39.192Z"},"topicSlugs":["baltimore-orioles","earl-weaver","1971-world-series","baseball","frank-robinson","sports-diplomacy"],"audioDurationSec":89,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-101.mp3","bytes":2866105,"durationSec":89.45,"bitrate":256317,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.692Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-101.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-101","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-101","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}