Calling the Pen
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3.3KJune 21, 2025 at 10:00 amCalling the Pen: When a baseball family comes together
The Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays were competing against each other as if it were a playoff game on Thursday night. The...
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4.5KJune 16, 2025 at 4:40 pmCalling the Pen: Orioles’ Mansolino has managed to be himself, and it’s working
From his first game as Orioles interim manager, it was clear Tony Mansolino was his own guy, and that he was going...
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2.8KJune 14, 2025 at 10:00 amCalling the Pen: Henderson and Rutschman hold the keys to the Orioles’ drive
The Orioles had won three in a row against the White Sox and then had a day off. They then won three...
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2.3KJune 12, 2025 at 10:00 amCalling the Pen: When it comes to hamstring injuries, the Orioles don’t have anything on me
Mallory was feeling sorry for me. She had won four or five races in a row. She suggested that I get a...
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8.0KMay 27, 2025 at 6:00 amCalling the Pen: Orioles dropped the ball initially on Rutschman
On Saturday, MASN broadcaster Melanie Newman was working from the camera well close to third base at Boston’s Fenway Park when a...
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4.0KMay 18, 2025 at 6:00 amCalling the Pen: It never feels good when a good man gets fired
On Friday, after the Minnesota Twins had swept the Orioles and left them with a 15-27 record, I wrote that it was...
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7.4KMay 16, 2025 at 10:15 amCalling the Pen: It’s time for Orioles owner David Rubenstein to assert himself
So when does owner David Rubenstein say, enough is enough? When does he acknowledge that whatever process his Orioles say they trust...
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4.8KApril 28, 2025 at 6:00 amCalling the Pen: Orioles need someone to take the lead before it’s too late
Starting pitcher Dean Kremer said you can’t lose a season in April after the Tigers swept the Orioles this past weekend in...
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2.4KSeptember 25, 2024 at 11:48 amCalling the Pen: Heads-up play by Rutschman and Henderson sparks Orioles
There was one play Tuesday night that was a turning point, not just for the outcome of the Orioles’ game against the...
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2.7KSeptember 9, 2024 at 3:45 pmCalling the Pen: Disagreeing with Peter Schmuck on the Green Monster’s effect
Peter Schmuck and I share the same birthday, time together at The Sun, and a longtime friendship. Our opinions can differ, though....