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...pitcher Rene Arocha became the first Cuban national-team member to defect, and he soon established himself with the St. Louis Cardinals. There have been a few other defectors--Oakland Athletics pitcher Ariel Prieto and New York Mets shortstop Rey Ordonez--whom the Cubans tried to dismiss as second-rank malcontents. But when Fernandez got into Cubas' van last July, they could no longer make that claim. He was, after all, 22-0 in international competition, with a 1.62 era. And he was not considered a security risk...
...close vote, Cincinnati's Barry Larkin beat out Colorado slugger Dante Bichette and Atlanta's Greg Maddux to become the first shortstop in 33 years to win the National League Most Valuable Player Award. Although Bichette led the league in home runs, and Maddux was the leader in wins and earned run average, voters chose to reward the all-around contributions Larkin made both off the field as a clubhouse leader and on, where he hit .319 and played excellent defense...
First and foremost, there was Ripken. It's hard to say which number was more noteworthy, the 2,153rd consecutive games the Orioles shortstop has played in, or the 200 million autographs he signed in an effort to reunite the game with the people. The 46,000 fans who were at Camden Yards on Sept. 6 aren't about to forget the fifth inning, when his 2,131st straight game became official and they made him jog around the park--an odd way to show their appreciation for someone's work ethic...
...been a month now since the great Iron Man streak of Lou Gehrig was broken by shortstop Cal Ripken...
...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...