Cal Ripken Jr. brought baseball back after the strike with his record-breaking run in 1995. Here are some stories of the summer of 2,131 you might not have heard.

He was a 19-time All-Star. He redefined his position. He played his entire career with one team. He was elected to the Hall of Fame on the first ballot. But ask any baseball fan about Cal Ripken ...

Baltimore Orioles' Cal Ripken Jr. waves to the crowd as the sign in centerfield reads 2,131, signifying Ripken had broken Lou Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 consecutive games, at Camden Yards ...

MLB Iron Man Cal Ripken Jr. ... the 62-year-old Ripken uses his Iron Man streak—which ended three years later after 2,632 games—as ... he doesn’t consider it as merely an attendance record.

Ripken earned 19 All-Star honors across his time in the big leagues and holds the record for the most consecutive games played at 2,632. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007. × ...

Ripken Jr. broke Gehrig’s long-standing record of 2,130 straight games played Sept. 6, 1995. He went on to extend that record to 2,632 before ending the Iron Man streak on his own terms just ...

— Cal Ripken, Jr. (@CalRipkenJr) October 26, 2022 A two-time AL MVP, 19-time All-Star, AL Rookie of the Year and 1983 World Series champion, Ripken Jr. was enshrined into the Baseball Hall of ...

You can get one a Cal Ripken Jr. "Iron Man" bobblehead on June 28 when the Orioles recognize the 30th anniversary of Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. for surpassing the said-to-be-unbreakable record ...

Ben Verlander asks Baltimore Orioles Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. everything about breaking Lou Gehrig's record for most consecutive games played. He asks when the streak started getting talked ...

The NHL has a new iron man. Vegas Golden Knights forward Phil Kessel played in his 990th straight game on Tuesday night, passing the previous record set by Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Keith Yandle.

Host Michel Martin gets a preview from one of game's best shortstops: Cal Ripken, the Iron Man. The MLB analyst for cable network TBS tells which teams he thinks will go the distance.

Ripken played 21 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles, from 1981 until 2001. He owns the Major League Baseball record with 2,632 consecutive games played.