Calling the Pen
-
3.7K4April 25, 2020 at 7:00 amCalling 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...
-
4.3K4April 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....
-
3.7K12April 11, 2020 at 7:00 am
Calling the Pen: When it felt good to be the visiting team
The team we would be competing against played only home games. It seemed to give the players an advantage, but it was...
-
3.8K20April 4, 2020 at 7:00 am
Calling the Pen: Enduring life, and death, one step at a time
When my sister Colleen turned 5, my mom wasn’t home for her birthday. She was in the hospital having our baby sister...
-
4.3K10March 14, 2020 at 7:00 am
Calling the Pen: Mancini reminds us that we need each other
When I first started working part time at the Baltimore News American, I got a ride home one evening from a summer...
-
4.2K13August 31, 2019 at 7:00 am
Calling the Pen: Too much home run derby
I loved playing home run derby as a kid. You needed only two players — the pitcher and the hitter. Anything not...
-
4.4K6July 27, 2019 at 11:00 am
Calling the Pen: Trying to figure out why the bug for baseball disappeared
Once upon a time, I shared the same feeling many of you who come to this website have about baseball. Playing it,...
-
4.2K6July 20, 2019 at 11:00 am
Calling the Pen: Hall of Fame trip lasts a lifetime
“I’ll have what Mr. Feller’s having.” When my dad and I heard those words just a few feet away from us, we...
-
3.5K6July 6, 2019 at 7:00 am
Calling the Pen: No fireworks, but plenty of color on July 4th
The July 4th cookout menu had a healthy portion of baseball talk but not much on the Orioles. Hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken...
-
3.7K1June 28, 2019 at 11:59 am
Calling the Pen: Rob Hiaasen was a big man with an even bigger heart
I was driving home from Ocean City on this day last year when I received a text from my friend, Steve Marcus....