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Cal Ripken Jr. 'Was Kinda Pissed' at Alex Rodriguez for Move to Shortstop in 2001 ASG

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Cal Ripken Jr. will never forget his final Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2001 at Seattle's Safeco Field, which is now known as T-Mobile Park.

Ripken, who spent his entire 21-year career with the Baltimore Orioles, was named the starting third baseman for the American League in the 2001 All-Star Game while Alex Rodriguez was named the starting shortstop.

However, just before the ASG was about to begin, Rodriguez, then playing for the Texas Rangers, offered to switch positions with Ripken so he could salute the longtime Oriole and allow him to play shortstop in the ASG one final time.