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Cal Ripken Jr. Says 1 American League Group Tried To Recruit Him

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Cal Ripken Jr. is understood for being one of many final of his sort each as an ironman and as a man who was loyal to at least one group after enjoying an MLB file 2,632 consecutive video games for the Baltimore Orioles over 16 years.

In a latest media look, he not too long ago revealed that there was nearly a time when he wasn’t the Orioles’ shortstop, as one American League rival tried to pry him away from Baltimore.

Ripken not too long ago appeared on The Street to Cooperstown, which is the official podcast of the Baseball Corridor of Fame, and stated that the New York Yankees made a run at him at one level, and Ripken stated that Don Mattingly and Dave Winfield got here to the All-Star sport one yr with the objective of convincing Ripken how nice it was to play in New York.

Cal Ripken Jr, Yankees Shortstop? 🤔 They tried.

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Ripken joked that it couldn’t have labored too effectively as a result of shortly after the All-Star break, an article got here out that detailed Yankees proprietor George Steinbrenner criticizing Mattingly and Winfield.

The 2 Yankees stars possible by no means obtained too near neutralizing certainly one of their largest rivals and luring Ripken to New York, nevertheless it turned out simply effective for New York because it obtained to expertise Derek Jeter at shortstop for about 20 years after this prevalence.

Taking part in a whole profession with one group is changing into a misplaced artwork, and though Ripken might have left and maybe chased a World Sequence title some other place, he’ll without end be revered as baseball’s final true ironman.

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