My hope is that Baltimore Orioles fans can put aisde their angst over the toils and snares of the team for one day given that it’s “Cal Ripken Jr. Day” at Camden Yards. Before tonight’s game the O’s will commemorate the 20th anniversary of Cal breaking the consecutive games played streak in 1995. Ripken will also throw out the first pitch in honor of the streak, which as we know reached 2,362 consecutive games.
I’m 34 years old; to anyone of my generation, Cal was and still is “the man.” He was the face of this franchise, and really of sports in the city of Baltimore for some time.