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- Cal Ripken, Junior, grew
- up playing baseball. He
- spent a lot of time at
- Memorial Stadium, where
- the Baltimore Orioles
- used to play. Because CalΓÇÖs dad was Cal
- Ripken, Senior, a former coach and
- manager of the Orioles, Cal junior got to
- field, shag flies, and take batting practice
- with the pros.
-
- Cal played baseball and soccer at Aberdeen
- High School, in Aberdeen, Maryland. In his
- senior year, he hit for an amazing .492
- average. Not only was he an excellent short-
- stop, but he was also a talented pitcher.
- As a senior, Cal won seven games and
- lost only two, allowing less than one
-