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At the age of three, Ripken knew he wanted to be a ballplayer, and at the age of 10, Ripken "knew the game inside and out". [10] [11] Ripken and his brother Billy attended Aberdeen High School. [12] They both played baseball there; Cal also played soccer. [13] He has two other siblings, Ellen and Fred. [14]
Ripken managed Cal Jr. and Billy for the first time on July 11, in a 2–1 loss to the Minnesota Twins. The Havre de Grace Record wrote, "The Ripkens of Aberdeen became the first family of sports." [ 27 ] On September 14, during a 17–3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays , Ripken substituted Cal Jr. with Ron Washington after the eighth inning ...
The Babe Ruth League programs consists of five age divisions: Cal Ripken Baseball (ages 4–12), Babe Ruth Baseball (ages 13–18), Babe Ruth Softball (ages 4–18), Bambino Buddy Ball (ages 5–20), and Xtreme Fastpitch (ages 6–18).
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Cal Ripken Baseball (a division of Babe Ruth League, Inc.) (ages 5–12) [1] [2] [3] Little League Baseball (including Little, Intermediate, Junior, and Senior League) (ages 5–16) PONY Baseball and Softball (ages 5–18) Sam Bat Fall League Baseball (ages 12 to 18) Wood-bat fall leagues designed to help players develop their skills.
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Ripken broke the record in 1995, and will likely hold it for decades more, if not forever. It's an amazing feat, but Gehrig's story is so rich, it's worth telling now, even a decade after he was ...
He set several major-league records during his career, [5] including the most career grand slams (23; since broken by Alex Rodriguez) [6] [7] and most consecutive games played (2,130), a record that stood for 56 years and was long considered unbreakable until it was surpassed by Cal Ripken Jr. in 1995. [8]