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Cal Ripken Jr. Opens Up About the Hardest, Most Painful Games He Ever Played
Chris Coste dreamed of playing major-league baseball from the age of seven. But after eleven grueling years in the minors, a spot on a major-league
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The 33-Year-Old Rookie: How I Finally Made it to the Big Leagues After Eleven Years in the Minors
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The Orioles made a significant trade for starting help - Camden Chat
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The Streak: A native son's thoughts on Cal Ripken Jr., Baltimore - Sports Illustrated
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Cal Ripken Jr. Academy of Achievement
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The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr., and Baseball's Most Historic Record by John Eisenberg
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One Iron Man passes another. Cal Ripken Jr. and Sachio Kinugasa, 1996 : r/baseball
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Cal Ripken Jr. Academy of Achievement
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Ripken reaches Gehrig's mark
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One more time for The Infield
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Column: No ballplayer has more integrity than Ripken — but he's not too hard on Astros, Professional: All Sports
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Teresa Strasser
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Untold tales of Cal Ripken Jr., the Iron Man who saved baseball - ESPN