Posts By Jack Gibbons
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50414Calling the PenCalling the Pen: It’s wild-card Sunday, and the Orioles are in the middle of it
Who would have guessed that the Baltimore Orioles would play a meaningful game on the last day of the season … the...
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Calling the Pen: The birth of a team
I was looking up famous people born on September 15th and Gaylord Perry’s name surfaced. He was a Hall of Fame pitcher...
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Calling the Pen: When 70 is more than just a number
When I think of 70, I think about the 1970 World Series that the Orioles won in five games over the Cincinnati...
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Calling the Pen: When the Orioles had their way
When I was developing an interest in baseball, the Orioles were developing the best team in the sport. Steve Barber caught my...
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Calling the Pen: O, baby … glad to put that losing streak to bed
The Curse of The Bambino lasted 86 years. The Curse of The Baby lasted two weeks, although the term seems much too...
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2.1K63Baseball EssaysCalling the Pen: Hyde stands tall after Orioles extend losing streak to 12
The Orioles had their worst moment of the season Saturday. Manager Brandon Hyde had his best. After the Orioles dropped both games...
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2.6K13Calling the PenCalling the Pen: Means changed the national baseball conversation
When I left Baltimore to go to Philadelphia in September of 1983, the Orioles mattered. They were on their way to their...
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Calling the Pen: Oriole pitchers and catchers report but it feels off-base
So the sun, which has taken time off, and Oriole pitchers and catchers, who have been off for even longer, are expected...
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1.8K4OriolesWhat it was like to be at Camden Yards for the Orioles’ first intrasquad game
BaltimoreBaseball.com publisher Steve Cockey covered the Orioles’ first intrasquad game on Wednesday night at Camden Yards, and we asked him what the...
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Calling the Pen: There’s no crying in baseball, but it’s OK to miss it
There was something about the last game of a baseball season that troubled me. One-hundred-and-sixty-one games had been played, but number 162...