Twenty-seven years ago, Cal Ripken Jr. pulled the plug. On Sept. 20, 1998, the Iron Man benched himself for the Orioles’ final home game, against the New York Yankees. The Streak — Ripken’s string of ...
BALTIMORE – Cal Ripken Jr. knows what it takes and how it feels to play in 2,632 consecutive baseball games – the aches and pains and close calls wrought by wrenched backs and bench-clearing brawls, ...
Former Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken Jr. is honored on the anniversary of setting the record for most consecutive games played in the MLB during a baseball game between the Orioles and the Los Angeles ...
BALTIMORE – The Orioles celebrated the 30th anniversary of Cal Ripken's record-breaking 2,131st consecutive game during the weekend. If anything, that streak looks even more preposterous now.