Posts By Jack Gibbons
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49010Baseball EssaysCalling the Pen: Looking for the good in a bad Orioles team
It was a beautiful Monday evening when my wife, Barb, Katie and I arrived at the Downtown Sailing Center. Katie is a...
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Calling the Pen: A gift from the past for Mother’s Day
My daughter, Kristin, her husband, Justin, and their son, Noah, will be moving soon to a new house. On Friday, we were...
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Calling the Pen: High Tides, high hopes — Part 2
Editor’s note: Orioles beat writer Rich Dubroff conducted a question-and-answer session with Norfolk Tides beat writer David Hall. Because of the depth...
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Calling the Pen: High Tides, high hopes — Part 1
Editor’s note: Orioles beat writer Rich Dubroff conducted a question-and-answer session with Norfolk Tides beat writer David Hall. Because of the depth...
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Calling the Pen: Can Chris Davis’ agony of defeat become the thrill of victory again?
ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” was a Saturday staple in our house when I was growing up — the opening intro still...
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Calling the Pen: Memories hit home on Opening Day
It was Opening Day in the early ’90s, a time when Camden Yards was packed not only for the first game but...
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Calling the Pen: Bonus baby arrives on the eve of spring training
The Monday before pitchers and catchers were scheduled to report for spring training, another arrival was on the way. We don’t know...
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Calling the Pen: 10 questions about spring training with Orioles beat writer Rich Dubroff
Rich Dubroff joined BaltimoreBaseball.com as Orioles beat writer last July, just in time to report on the team’s flurry of trades that...
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Calling the Pen: To be Frank — 1966 was my favorite season as an Orioles fan
I lost my favorite Oriole and my favorite player with the death of Frank Robinson on Thursday. Today, I wanted to share...
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Calling the Pen: One Oriole fan’s perspective as FanFest approaches
A week from today, Oriole fans will be almost within a snowball’s throw of Camden Yards. Standing in the cold outside the...