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...after this past summer, Cal...
...there was one individual over the past three months who was more talked about than O.J., it was probably Oriole shortstop Cal Ripken Jr., who on September 5 broke what many thought the most untouchable record in professional sports: the streak of 2,130 consecutive games owned by former Yankee Lou Gehrig...
Game 2,131 was more an event than a baseball game. Cal was honored before, during and after the game by an almost absurd number of prizes, speeches and standing ovations...
...martian who had just arrived on earth, it would appear the free world was under the jurisdiction of Cal Ripken...
Baseball has created men before--it created Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle and now Cal Ripken. Give it time and the sport will create more men of the same...