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Baseball player; holder of the record for consecutive games played
United States · b. 1960
Sport
On September 6, 1995, the crowd packed Baltimore’s Oriole Park at Camden Yards to see baseball history in the making. When the legendary Lou Gehrig retired in 1939, he had played 2,130 consecutive games. His record had stood for 56 years, and for most of those years, fans and commentators believed it would never be broken. But Cal Ripken, Jr. arrived that September day having matched Gehrig’s record, persevering season after season through grueling schedules and repeated injuries.
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No. I mean if you fail 70 percent of the time, you had a great year. You're dealing with failure seven out of ten times as a hitter.
You know what? Eddie was probably the best leader by example and not so much by words. You know, sometimes if he said something, you know, then you had to stand up and listen to it, but for the most part, he taught me the importance of being there every single day.
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