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• Ripken Expects Mauer to Follow His Path
• By Andrew Johnson 2/18/2010 9:30 AM ET
• Hall of Fame shortstop Cal Ripken became a Baltimore icon by spending his entire career with the Orioles. He's guessing Joe Mauer will do the same. Mauer, of course, is trying to work out a long-term ... More »
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• Derek Jeter Named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year
• By Tom Fornelli 11/30/2009 11:21 AM ET
• It's been a pretty incredible year for New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter. He just won his fifth World Series earlier this month after having one of the best offensive seasons of his career, and ... More »
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• The Dugout: The ALCS, Very Funny
• By B. Thompson Stroud 10/17/2009 10:00 PM ET
• Here is a quick list of excuses to explain where The Dugout has been: our website is producing a code that angers Google and now nobody can look at or operate it properly, we got "busy with life ... More »
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• Cal Ripken Believes A-Rod Will Have Solid Postseason This Time Around
• By Matt Snyder 10/06/2009 5:00 PM ET
• Tuesday, FanHouse had the opportunity to discuss the MLB Playoffs with Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, who currently serves as a studio analyst for TBS. TBS will be broadcasting all four Division ... More »
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• Cal Ripken Chimes In on A-Rod
• By Eamonn Brennan 2/23/2009 10:35 PM ET
• Alex Rodriguez did steroids and now everybody has an opinion about it. I'm just a lowly blogger, and I have my opinion (it's sort of a big deal but probably not as big a deal as everyone is saying), ... More »
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• Hey Bud, Why Stop With Hank Aaron's Home Run Record?
• By Tom Fornelli 2/12/2009 10:22 PM ET
• I don't know if you know this or not, but since he's commissioner of Major League Baseball, Bud Selig seems to think this gives him special privileges that nobody else in America is entitled to. Why, ... More »
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• Dick Stockton Needs To Go
• By Tom Fornelli 10/02/2008 10:16 AM ET
• Okay, so I've spent a lot of time over the last two days watching playoff baseball on TBS, and while there are plenty of things I'm not too thrilled about with their coverage, for the most part it ...
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• Notes From the Clubhouse: Baltimore Blues Might Finally Be Fading
• By Andrew Johnson 8/02/2008 12:37 AM ET
• Our MLB editor provides weekly dispatches from major league games in Notes From the Clubhouse. Last week, the Orioles celebrated the 25th anniversary of their 1983 World Series title. That was the ... More »
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• Cal Ripken, Harold Reynolds Downplay The Scourge of The Maple Bat
• By Eamonn Brennan 7/01/2008 6:49 PM ET
• Slowly, but surely, what started as slight concern about maple bats has grown into a full-grown issue. The furor is thus: maple bats splinter and spray far more than their ash counterparts, while the ...
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• Jeff Conine Not Taking Retirement Lightly
• By PostmanR 4/23/2008 3:02 PM ET
• Ah, retirement. Beaches, golf, reading books on the back porch with the old lady as you sip on some chilled Bourbon. Sounds like a charmed existence. Or you could also train for the Ironman. A race ...
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• Cal Ripken Still Loves Brady Anderson
• By Eamonn Brennan 12/28/2007 1:23 AM ET
• And if he had a Hall of Fame vote, by george -- and thank God he doesn't -- he'd be voting Brady Anderson straight in: "It happens to everybody. You age and you stop playing -- although he seems to ...
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• Frank Thomas Shouldn't Quit His Day Job
• By Matt Watson 10/04/2007 1:30 PM ET
• After Day 1 of the MLB playoffs, the reviews of are in, and they're not particularly kind to Frank Thomas. From the LA Times: Given that TBS is spending a reported $45 million a year to televise Major ...
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• Ernie Tyler: Another Baltimore Iron Man
• By Denton 9/06/2007 5:14 PM ET
• Everybody knows about Cal Ripken's streak of 2,632 consecutive games. But in an otherwise forgettable 2007 Orioles season, another Iron Man's amazing streak came to an end in Baltimore. Meet Ernie ...
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• Cal Ripken Is Slowly Taking Over the World
• By Matt Watson 8/10/2007 12:05 PM ET
• No one doubts that Cal Ripken is a great ambassador for the game of baseball, but does he have what it takes to be an ambassador to the world? Condoleeza Rice thinks so: Rice on Monday will make ...
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• Should Bonds Play on Hall of Fame Sunday?
• By Matt Watson 7/24/2007 7:00 AM ET
• The Hall of Fame induction ceremonies are this Sunday in New York, and all the way in California the Giants will be hosting the Marlins in San Francisco. Should Barry Bonds sit out on Sunday so as to ...
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• Ichiro Is Fast: Watch His Inside-the-Parker
• By Eamonn Brennan 7/11/2007 9:38 AM ET
• If you needed more proof of that, well, you've never seen Ichiro play. Still, it is an incredibly unique feat to score on an inside-the-park home run in a professional baseball game, let alone the ...
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• Basebrawls from the Day: Cal's Streak Almost Ended
• By PostmanR 4/18/2007 7:15 PM ET
• A look at some of baseball's old-school scuffles.... The date is June 6, 1993. We are at Camden Yards. Mike Mussina beans Bill Haselman and it is on like Donkey Kong. Interesting note about this ...
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• Cal Ripken Cancels Scheduled Don Imus Appearance
• By Matt Watson 4/10/2007 12:55 AM ET
• Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, Jr. made a career out of never missing a game, but now that he's retired he's not shy about picking and choosing when to play. According to the Washington Times, he opted to ...
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