Baltimore Orioles baseball player Cal Ripken Jr. at bat -- Please credit photographer Kirk Schlea Stock Photo - Alamy

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Cal Ripken Jr of the Baltimore Orioles in action. (Photo by John Cordes/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images Stock Photo - Alamy

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Baltimore Orioles baseball player Cal Ripken Jr. at bat -- Please credit photographer Kirk Schlea Stock Photo - Alamy

Cal Ripken Jr. hitting a baseball at the 1992 Major League Baseball All-Star game -- Please credit photographer Kirk Schlea Stock Photo - Alamy

Baltimore Orioles' Cal Ripken Jr. leaps to avoid a slice by Rick Miller of the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Mass., on June 10, 1983. (AP Photo/Mike Kullen Stock

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Baltimore Orioles baseball player Cal Ripken Jr. runs to first base after hitting the ball -- Please credit photographer Kirk Schlea Stock Photo - Alamy