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...fitting then that the defining moment in the 1995 baseball season to this point was Cal Ripken's breaking of Lou Gehrig's immortal record...
...fifth inning of game 2,131 was spectacular. The fireworks, the ovation and the glittering flashbulbs in Oriole Park at Camden Yards could not have lasted long enough to congratulate Ripken on his triumph over age, injury, and time...
There was a time in the off-sea-son where the use of replacement players in regular season games was a distinct possibility--a possibility that would have ended Ripken's streak...
...much has been written about Ripken being all that was good about baseball, and the praise is certainly well deserved. However, Cal Ripken didn't make baseball. Baseball made 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...