Posts By Jack Gibbons
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Calling the Pen
Impressing a girlfriend with Brooks connection leads to lasting impression
It’s embarrassing to admit, but I didn’t fully appreciate Brooks Robinson until a few months before everyone else did. That’s when the...
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Baseball Essays
Calling the Pen: To be Frank — 1966 was my favorite season as an Orioles fan
It was a sunny afternoon in early October, the kind that connects the fading of summer with the emergence of fall and...
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Baseball Essays
Calling the Pen: 1983 — a very good year for the Orioles, and for me
Every once in a while, a season in our life runs parallel with a season of a lifetime. It happened to me...
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Calling the Pen
Calling the Pen: Diamond (Jim) in the Rough
It happened so quickly. I was standing alone in the front of a department store when I noticed a tall, tan man...
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Baseball Essays
Calling the Pen: To Pop Pop, baseball and beer
I grew up knowing only one grandfather. He was on my mother’s side, and I called him Pop Pop. We spent more...