Hard To See Orioles Doing It Again
The best thing the Baltimore Orioles have going for them in 2013 is the New York Yankees. The Yankees are falling apart at such a swift rate that MASH units can’t keep up. Last year as the Orioles…Read More
Bob Melvin AL Manager Of Year
By voting Bob Melvin the American League manager of the year, those deliberating decided that he pulled off a bigger miracle with the Oakland A’s in 2012 than Buck Showalter did with the Baltimore…Read More
2012 Season Review Series: Baltimore Orioles
The Orioles were a cute story during the early part of the season, but unlike most Cinderellas, they refused to go away and wound up pushing the Yankees for AL East supremacy to the season’s final…Read More
Jim Thome Provides Orioles with Veteran Presence
I’m one of the guys who thought that the Baltimore Orioles would flame out after their fast start, dead before Labor Day. But they surfed over a rough patch and rallied at the end, and as of Sunday…Read More
Orioles, A’s, White Sox Biggest AL Surprises
We are in the homestretch of the long season that began in April and while there are games to be played and playoff berths to be determined, there is no doubt that many teams that we believed would have…Read More
Hammel and Chen Key to Orioles’ Playoff Hopes
With all due respect to the A’s and White Sox, the Baltimore Orioles have been the most surprising…Read More
Baltimore Orioles Hanging In
It is September and the Baltimore Orioles are still in the playoff mix. I thought for sure they would…Read More
The Once And Future Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are just beginning to learn that the Major League season is a marathon, not a sprint,…Read More
Send Bobby Valentine, Buck Showalter To Corner
What the heck were they doing? Both Bobby Valentine and Buck Showalter running out of pitchers in their…Read More
2012 MLB Season Preview: Baltimore Orioles
After Buck Showalter came in to take over the Orioles towards the end of the 2010 season and had his…Read More
Opening Weekend Thoughts
After a weekend of nothing but eating, sleeping, and watching baseball, I realize now just how much I…Read More
What Jake Fox Did to Piss off Buck Showalter
Another sickeningly beautiful day in Sarasota. Not only is the weather straight out of a stock photography…Read More
Olde Man’s Tavern: Buck’s Place
Not his given name. That would be William Nathaniel Showalter, but everyone calls him Buck. When the…Read More
Olde Man’s Tavern: Thanks for a Great 2010 Season
With Thanksgiving Day behind us now, I thought for this week’s Tavern I would stay at the family…Read More
BBA Connie Mack Ballot
Call to the Pen is a member site of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance. As such, we have the duty each year…Read More
What’s Next: Dustin Pedroia, Cito Gaston, Don Wakamatsu, and More
The Boston Red Sox have been battling injuries all year long. Actually, every team in baseball have faced…Read More
Buck Showalter will bring the Orioles back to prominence
The summer of 2010 has been a lot of things in baseball. The Year of the Pitcher some would say. Others…Read More
Picks of the Pen (7/19): New and Improved? We Think So
Welcome to the new and improved format of Picks of the Pen! There are two noticeable changes to this…Read More
What’s Next: Cliff Lee, Bobby Valentine, Reds Buying, ChiSox Selling
Word floating around Major League Baseball on this the final day of the 2010 Draft, is that the Chicago…Read More











