BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The Baltimore Orioles are gearing up for a super-powered celebration to honor the 30th anniversary of Cal Ripken Jr.'s legendary streak of consecutive games played.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas shortstop Wehiwa Aloy still has a long way to go to break Cal Ripken, Jr.'s streak of 2,632 games in a row played. He's only 2,476 games short, or roughly 38 more ...

Thirty years ago, former Baltimore Orioles player Cal Ripken Jr. became baseball's "Iron Man" as he played his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak. The former ...

1982 -- Baltimore’s Cal Ripken Jr. began his record consecutive games streak by starting at third base against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Monday will be the 100th anniversary of the start of Lou Gehrig’s streak of 2,130 consecutive games played. Today is the 43rd ...

News about Cal Ripken Jr. Commentary and archival information about Cal Ripken Jr from The New York Times.

Like just about every baseball star, Cal Ripken, Jr. had a role model. Before his career with the Baltimore Orioles and his record games-played streak, the legend took inspiration from his old man.

1894 -- Boston’s Robert Lowe became the first player in Major League history to hit four home runs in a game, leading the Beaneaters to a 20-11 win over Cincinnati. After hitting four straight ...