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

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

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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