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Anatomy of a Miraculous Comeback Win
It’s late. Real late. The kids have to be awake at 7:30 am. You have to be at work by nine. And you don’t know it yet, but you’ve totally spaced on getting to the vet’s office…Read More
Domesticating the Marlins Home Run Sculpture
MLB.com’s front page is the face of baseball. And unlike Derek Jeter or any other entity with a non-metaphorical face, no one is really offended if we say how much it pisses us off. I mean, you…Read More
Irrational Conclusions to Draw from One Week of Baseball
Spring may be that magical time of year when birds are chirping and the crack of the bat fills the air and [CLICHE MISSING PLEASE CONSULT OLD PERSON FOR APPROPRIATE SPRINGTIME NOSTALGIA], but when the…Read More
How to Start Your Own Offseason Baseball Rumor
Often times, when nothing needs to be said, people say nothing. It is assumed this happens because the people in question are polite, or at least socially aware enough that they realize no one wants…Read More
Jarrod Parker, the Call of the Year, and Keeping Young Talent
The Highly Talented Jarrod Parker The Oakland Athletics like their ballplayers like I like my girls – the younger the better. In the last couple of weeks, The A’s have dealt Gio Gonzalez and…Read More
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In Defense of Bitching, Kind Of
Everybody’s got a hero. And whether they’re raising four kids on their own, setting Major…Read More
Cave-in: Re-Applying to the MLB Fan Cave
I think we can all agree the MLB Fan Cave was a complete success. Families across the country huddled…Read More
Your 2011 MLB Holiday Shopping Guide
Wait, don’t go Christmas shopping! Pull back into the driveway, slam the garage door shut, and…Read More
The Incredible World of Baseball Labor Agreements
Its Baseball Labor Agreement time! You’re checking your phone on the train, running in your front…Read More
Gone Fishin’: Birth of the Miami Marlins
Everybody wants a piece of a marlin. Longer than your front door, faster than your car, and with a sharpened…Read More
Mets Pretty Sure the Problem’s Been the Stadium the Whole Time
Walls. What do they really do? They keep us from what we want. They close in on us when we’re losing our minds. They muffle the sex of our neighbors. At Citi Field in Flushing, they are part…Read More
They Got in the Way: Brewers
Another one bites the dust. As the post season ends for another team, Call to the Pen crosses yet another team off its list of potential champions. Already bowed out are the Yankees, Phillies, Diamondbacks,…Read More
They Got in the Way: Rays
In Call to the Pen’s ongoing They Got in the Way series, we let writers repping each team eliminated from the MLB post season air their grievances in order to release some of the tension in here.…Read More
They Got in the Way: Diamondbacks
In case you’ve missed our They Got in the Way series, we are letting Fansided’s editors/fans of eliminated teams rant about their recent heartbreak. Check out the Yankees and Phillies to…Read More
They Got in the Way: Phillies
No one can make you watch the MLB Postseason. But it becomes even harder if you’re a loser. On Call to the Pen, we’ll be running the reflections of fans from each eliminated team,…Read More
They Got in the Way: Yankees
No one can make you watch the MLB Postseason. But it becomes even harder if you’re a loser. On Call to the Pen, we’ll be running the reflections of fans from each eliminated team,…Read More
Yankees Prepared to Offer You Nothing; Thanks for Coming
Do you like money? Well, tough. Because the Yankees love money. More specifically, they love your money. Give it to them. Thanks. Look, if you were dumb enough to buy tickets to a post season…Read More
Stupid Orioles
“Stupid Orioles,” said my dad. He presses down on the remote’s “back” button, sending us quite suddenly back to Philadelphia. Its a moment that’s occurred several…Read More
Manny Acta just might be your A.L. Mgr. of the Year
Someday someone in the baseball galaxy might ask me to vote for such things as the A.L. manager of the year. While it hasn’t happened yet, I’m going to tell you what I think anyway. Manny Acta deserves…Read More
Should A.L. Contenders be Worried about the Angels?
On August 17th, the Texas Rangers opened up a seven game lead over the Angels by winning the first three contests in a four-game series played in Anaheim. It was beginning to look like the fellas from…Read More
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