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L-R) Baseball Hall of Fame player Cal Ripken, his wife Kelly, singer and actress Lynda Carter and husband banker Robert Altman arrive for the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors and pose for photographers
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Cal Ripken Jr. - Wikipedia
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Cal Ripken Jr., Academy Class of 1997, Part 20
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Cal Ripken Jr. streak oral history
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Cal Ripken Jr. - Wikipedia
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Life's Work: An Interview with Cal Ripken Jr.
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From the archives: Ken Rosenthal's column after Cal Ripken Jr.'s record-breaking 2,131st straight game
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Cal Ripken Jr. Throneberry Fields Forever
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Baseball Hall of Fame Legend Cal Ripken Jr.: “To develop Grit, do it for the right reasons”, by Authority Magazine Editorial Staff, Authority Magazine