Cal Ripken Jr

  1. Derek Jeter V. Cal Ripken: A Yankees Fan V. an Orioles Fan

    Isa believed that Derek Jeter was better than Cal Ripken, Jr. Darven disagreed. "How many world championship teams did Ripken play for?" Isa asked. Darven was ready. "Cal Ripken led the 1983 Baltimore Orioles to the World Series...

    Harold Friend Written by Harold Friend about 1 month ago 562 reads 7 comments

  2. Autograph Seekers: 5 Athletes Who Sign Through the Mail

    I am not the autograph collector I once was, but I have always found it interesting to send and receive signatures through the mail...

    Brandon Redding Written by Brandon Redding about 1 month ago 796 reads 3 comments

  3. Hanley Ramirez Moving to Third? The 10 Best Players To Vacate Shortstop

    There have been so many great shortstops in MLB history. Many of them have been career-long shortstops. Players like Omar Vizquel and Ozzie Smith are mainstays up the middle...

    Frank Gray Written by Frank Gray about 2 months ago 4,753 reads 11 comments

  4. Omar Vizquel and the 25 Best Defensive Infielders in MLB History

    When voting on whom to put in the Hall of Fame, both the writers and players take into account far too little of what it means to be truly great in the game of baseball...

    Matt Trueblood Written by Matt Trueblood about 2 months ago 1,111 reads 6 comments

  5. 10 Most Influential Players in Major League Baseball History

    When you look back at the most influential baseball players of all time, most people immediately think of Jackie Robinson. While he is most likely to fall into my top 10, there are many others that may surprise some readers...

    Ben Stuby Written by Ben Stuby about 4 months ago 501 reads 3 comments

  6. 30 Best Athletes to Star for their Hometown Team

    In the mercenary world of professional sports, it’s refreshing and rare to see a local kid wearing the hometown colors...

    Avi Wolfman-Arent Written by Avi Wolfman-Arent about 4 months ago 1,005 reads 12 comments

  7. Ripken Revenge: Boston Red Sox Watch MLB Playoffs with Baltimore Orioles

    There are some moments in life where you just think to yourself, "karma really does exist." There are some other moments where, even when times are hard, moments of hope for the future come to light...

    Brendan Majev Written by Brendan Majev about 5 months ago 241 reads 1 comments

  8. Major League Baseball: The 15 Best Role Models Since 1995

    I was born the year the A’s beat the Giants in the World Series. It figures that I’d be born into a place that was teeming with baseball fever...

    Jeremy Dorn Written by Jeremy Dorn about 5 months ago 683 reads 3 comments

  9. MLB: Mickey Mantle Was Almost as Effective as Craig Biggio and Dick McAuliffe

    In most situations with runners on base and less than two outs, hitting into a double play is the worst result for the offensive team. Most batters who hit the ball sharply hit into the most double plays even if they possess great speed...

    Harold Friend Written by Harold Friend about 6 months ago 132 reads 3 comments

  10. The Best Seasons in Franchise History: Baltimore Orioles

    The St. Louis Browns moved to Baltimore before the 1954 season. Within a 15 years they had successfully shed their image as a perennial loser, winning both the 1966 and 1970 World Series ...

    John Bowen Written by John Bowen about 7 months ago 230 reads 0 comments

  11. MLB Hall of Fame: Is Cincinnati Reds SS Barry Larkin Cooperstown Worthy?

    Here we go again with more Hall of Fame suppositions. With his portfolio complete and subjected to scrutiny yet again, does Barry Larkin have what it takes to enter the National Baseball ...

    Cliff Eastham Written by Cliff Eastham about 7 months ago 946 reads 57 comments

  12. The Greatest Moments in Home Run Derby History

    If there is one thing that baseball definitely does right, it's the Home Run Derby. The first Home Run Derby took place in 1985 in the Metrodome...

    Jeffrey Schmidt Written by Jeffrey Schmidt about 8 months ago 792 reads 2 comments

  13. Baltimore Orioles: 10 Best Home-Run Hitters in Franchise History

    Long balls are pretty. Everyone loves watching them leave the ballpark. Except the team that gave up the dinger, of course...

    Alex Snyder Written by Alex Snyder about 8 months ago 2,140 reads 14 comments

  14. New York Yankees: Is Derek Jeter the Greatest Shortstop in MLB History?

    In my lifetime, there have been very few things in the sports world that remain constant. As a New Yorker, the most important one is this: the New York Yankees will contend for a World Series banner each and every year...

    Matt Wolfson Written by Matt Wolfson about 8 months ago 616 reads 23 comments

  15. Was the Orioles Cal Ripken Jr. Better Than the Yankees Derek Jeter?

    Derek Jeter will become only the fourth shortstop in history to amass 3,000 hits. Honus Wagner (3,415), Cal Ripken Jr. (3,184), and Robin Yount (3,142) are the others, but Wagner played 890 of his 2,777 games at other positions...

    Harold Friend Written by Harold Friend about 8 months ago 682 reads 32 comments

  16. MLB: Robinson Cano and 10 Sons Who Were Better Players Than Their Fathers

    As a young boy, most of the time you want to live up to the standards your father has set for you either as a husband, friend or even in the work place because you don't want to disappoint Dad...

    Andy Vanfossan Written by Andy Vanfossan about 8 months ago 4,081 reads 14 comments

  17. MLB Columnist Terence Moore Claims Cal Ripken Isn't Baseball's Real Iron Man

    Terence Moore is a columnist for MLB .com, a Baseball Hall of Fame voter and an all-around great writer. You don't make it that far in the business without being great at it...

    Alex Snyder Written by Alex Snyder about 10 months ago 667 reads 6 comments

  18. The 50 Most Unbreakable Records in American Sports

    The saying goes something like, "Records Are Meant to Be Broken." I don't think that's the case. At one point in time, it seemed possible and likely that all records would be broken...

    Jeffrey Beckmann Written by Jeffrey Beckmann about 10 months ago 62,074 reads 73 comments

  19. MLB: Ranking the Greatest Bloodlines in Baseball History

    One of the great characteristics about the game of baseball is that families enjoy it together, whether a father taking his son to his first big league game, or fathers, sons and brothers sharing baseball on the diamond...

    Manny Randhawa Written by Manny Randhawa about 10 months ago 317 reads 0 comments