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Cal Ripken Jr. Says He Just Recently Watched Record-Breaking Game
The Baltimore Orioles and Major League Baseball will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Cal Ripken Jr.'s record-setting 2,131 straight games.
BALTIMORE, MD — Cal Ripken, Jr. waited over 24 years to watch the broadcast of his record-breaking 2,131st consecutive game played. He said his first time watching it was this spring when a replay was broadcast.
The Baltimore Orioles and Major League Baseball will commemorate the 25th anniversary of Ripken’s accomplishment this weekend.
“Everybody relates to the grind of doing something every day, so they were sharing their streaks with me,” Ripken told WJZ Thursday. “It was a love of a work ethic, the importance of showing up every day, and people could understand that and they did it in their own lives.”
