Calling the Pen
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1444May 6, 2021 at 11:57 amCalling 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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1.9K16February 16, 2021 at 7:00 amCalling 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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2.2K7January 23, 2021 at 12:00 pm
First World Series game in Baltimore wasn’t in 1966
If asked to name the first World Series game played in Baltimore, many Oriole fans would cite Game 3 of the 1966...
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3.6K22June 27, 2020 at 7:00 am
Calling the Pen: Remembering the 1890s’ Orioles, Baltimore’s first champs
Most baseball fans who live in Baltimore know about the great Orioles teams who won six pennants and three Worlds Series between...
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3.4K12May 23, 2020 at 7:00 am
Calling the Pen: One fan’s Top 10 Oriole memories
While there may not have been many memorable moments over the past few seasons for Orioles fans, there certainly have been many...
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3.3K13May 16, 2020 at 7:00 am
Calling the Pen: Thanks for the memories, and a wish for more
I can’t write. I know I can’t write. But my wife and son keep telling me that I should, and we all...
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3.3K1May 9, 2020 at 7:00 amCalling the Pen: Baseball’s a friend that never leaves you
On the ninth day of the fifth month of the year, we still wait. Call it the longest rain delay ever. That’s...
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3.3K20May 2, 2020 at 7:00 am
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...
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3.3K4April 25, 2020 at 7:00 am
Calling the Pen: An Oriole fan still waiting to see his first World Series
I was born in 1983 at Union Memorial Hospital, just down 33rd Street from Memorial Stadium. Bittersweet, born an Oriole fan and...
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3.9K4April 18, 2020 at 7:00 am
Calling the Pen: A fan’s thank you to Mark Reynolds
I moved to Chicago in July 2010, a New York kid who grew up with the dynasty Yankees and loved every minute....