Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Tsakanin aikinsa a matsayin manajan, Weaver ya yi aiki a matsayin mai sharhi na launi don talabijin na ABC, yana kiran 1983 World Series (wanda Orioles ya lashe) tare da Al Michaels da Howard Cosell. Weaver shi ne babban mai sharhi na ABC a 1983 (ya maye gurbin Don Drysdale, wanda ya koma wasan wasa na biyu don ABC) amma kuma Baltimore Orioles ta yi amfani da shi a matsayin mai ba da shawara. A wancan lokacin, ABC tana da wata manufa da ke hana mai sanarwa wanda wata kungiya ta yi amfani da shi daga yin aiki da wasannin da suka shafi wannan kungiyar. Saboda haka, duk lokacin da Orioles suka kasance a kan wasan farko na ABC, Weaver ya yi aiki a wasan baya. Wannan manufar ta tilasta Weaver ya yi murabus daga matsayin mai ba da shawara na Orioles a watan Oktoba don ya iya aiki da World Series don ABC. Weaver daga baya ya kira 1984 National League Championship Series
(tsakanin San Diego Padres da Chicago Cubs) don ABC tare da 'yan uwan gidan wasan Reggie Jackson, wanda ya taka leda a Weaver a shekarar 1976, da Don Drysdale.