Posts By Jack Gibbons
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Baseball Essays
Calling the Pen: Cal Ripken once lost out to Jimmy Foit on an All-Metro team, and his dad didn’t like it
During an Orioles game in the 1980s, Keith Mills, Mike Marlow and I sat toward the back of the press box at...
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Baseball Essays
Calling the Pen: That time when Doc Edwards came to our house, and I was disappointed
The Orioles’ signing of a 16-year-old from the Dominican Republic this week got me thinking about my missed opportunity. I blame it...
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Baseball Essays
Calling the Pen: Oriole fans get cold splash of business, try not to take it personally
It was a 30-minute swim, but when it was over, there were ripples throughout the Baltimore baseball community. My wife, Barb, got...
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Baseball Essays
Calling the Pen: Orioles’ trade of Machado first step toward restoring hope and long-term healing
Dr. Jon Simon was in his office late on a summer afternoon. He was there to discuss what an MRI revealed about...
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Baseball Essays
Calling the Pen: Rob Hiaasen was a big man with an even bigger heart
Back when he was working for the Palm Beach Post, Rob Hiaasen would tell co-worker Frank Cerabino that they should go out...
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Baseball Essays
Calling the Pen: A father’s love might bend, but it never breaks
My dad was meticulous about the work he did. There were no shortcuts. He might have invented measure twice cut once except...
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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...