BALTIMORE – Thirty years ago, Cal Ripken Jr. officially became baseball’s “Iron Man” when he broke Lou Gehrig’s streak with 2,131 consecutive games played. It almost didn’t happen. More than two years ...

A national TV audience. A cheering crowd that included the nation’s president. A 22-minute standing ovation that interrupted the game. All to watch a baseball player show up to work on Sept. 6, 1995.

The tributes to Cal Ripken Jr. and the Iron Man streak didn’t mention the night Cal ended his 2,632 consecutive game streak in baseball games against the New York Yankees at Oriole Park at Camden ...

When Ripken broke Gehrig's record, he became known as the Iron Man. He would go on to extend his streak to Sept. 19, 1998, finishing a remarkable 2,632 consecutive games played. Since Ripken's streak, ...

(Reuters) - Twenty years after breaking the record for consecutive games played, Cal Ripken, Jr. insists the reason the feat remains one of baseball's most cherished moments is because it involved a ...

BALTIMORE — The Orioles celebrated the 30th anniversary of Cal Ripken's record-breaking 2,131st consecutive game during the weekend. If anything, that streak looks even more preposterous now. The ...

The Baltimore Orioles will honor one of the most durable players in franchise history next month. The club announced Thursday that it will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Cal Ripken Jr. breaking Lou ...

I was only 4 on May 30th of 1982, so I wasn’t even quite yet in kindergarten the day Cal Ripken Jr, substituted a glove and bat for a lunch pail and thermos. At approximately 7 p.m. that night at ...