Tom Delise

Posts By Tom Delise

• Calling the Pen

  Calling the Pen: A Brief History of Black Baseball in Baltimore

  The 2020 season marked the 100-year anniversary of when Rube Foster, the “Father of Black Baseball,” formed the Negro National League in...

• Calling the Pen

  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...

• Calling the Pen

  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...