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Roseda, Ripken Baseball Cook Up Ripken Burger

The Ripken Gourmet Burger will be available this summer.

The name has been shared on a variety of products in the last 30 years.

Now, get ready for the Ripken Gourmet Burger.

In a partnership with Roseda Beef and Giant Food, Ripken Baseball announced Tuesday the Ripken Gourmet Burger, which will be available in in Maryland, Washington D.C. and Virginia beginning this summer.

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The 6-oz. locally grown Black Angus burgers will come in boxes of four and benefit the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation.

The burger debuted at the 2011 Cal Ripken World Series in .

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"We have been serving the Roseda gourmet burgers at our complex in Aberdeen for over a year and they have been a great hit with the families attending camps and tournaments there," Hall of Famer and Ripken Baseball founder Cal Ripken Jr. said in a statement.

"Partnering with a wonderful local company like Roseda Beef on such a high quality product was important to me and the fact that an industry leader like Giant will be the exclusive carrier of the burgers is exciting and will get it to families in the region quickly."

Ed Burchell, owner of Baltimore-based Roseda Beef, called the partnership "very exciting for our business."

Giant Food president Anthony Hucker deemed the burger "a terrific product."

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Here's a list of Giant Food stores in Maryland that will offer the Ripken burger this summer: Cockeysville, Baltimore, Catonsville, Timonium, Ellicott City, two in Columbia, Pikesville, two in Baltimore, two in Annapolis, Bowie, Easton, Elkridge, Clarksville, Salisbury, Severna Park, Dundalk, Bel Air, Abingdon, Burtonsville, two in Bethesda, Wheaton, Largo, Germantown, Tivoli and Fredericksburg. And in Virginia: Purcellville, McLean, Vienna and Burke.

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