Cal Ripken's defining moment deserves a deep rewind
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- The perfect attendance award isn’t necessarily the most-applauded award in school. That’s probably “valedictorian,” or maybe “best couple”? But things get a little different when you get older. And play professional baseball. For 13.5 years without taking a day off. Like Cal Ripken Jr did.
On Sept 6 1995, Cal Ripken Jr played in his 2131st game, thus breaking Lou Gehrig’s previously-believed-unbreakable record for most consecutive games ever. And the fans at Camden Yards gave him a 22-minute standing ovation.
Ripken's record-breaking feat was more than a perfect attendance award. To fully realize why Ripken deserved a 22-minute standing ovation, we have to rewind.
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One of the crazy things about Cal Ripken is that he not only played the most games in a row, but also played in the longest baseball game ever: Rochester Red Wings at Pawtucket Red Sox, April 18 - June 23, 1981.
Because of that he still has the record of 15 at-bats in a single game (tied with some of his teammates).
Cal Ripken played a *lot* of baseball.
(Bonus fun fact: Wade Boggs's was complimented by his father for getting 4 hits in that same game, but Boggs had to admit that it was on 12 at-bats.)
Boggs still batted .333 that night.
@@daBEAGLE1017 And we remember him to this day, RIP Boggs
@@unclewheelchair he’s not dead friend. he’s not even that old. But maybe you’re just making a joke I’m too old to understand
@@danshowlundI also don't get it. I fart dust, how old are you?
Great fun facts!
Fun fact: IF you count game 2131 as game #1, by the time he ended the streak (2632) he was the current leader in consecutive games played on that date at 502.
He was the only player who played every game between breaking the record and ending the streak 501 games later.
That is a fun fact!
Why can’t I understand what you’re saying here? I’m slow tonight I guess
@@bmorebob6624 just ignore the first paragraph and it makes more sense
@@bmorebob6624 confusing wording. he's saying that after Cal broke the streak, he went on to play 502 more consecutive games after that. No other player in MLB played every game in that span.
Wow incredible
wtf was that add in the middle?
Came here to see if anyone else commented on it. Thing friggin jumpscared me
Gotta pay the bills
How do you reckon channels make a living if we're watching this for free?
Words really can't express how big of a deal this was and still is to the Orioles. Pretty much the most sacred moment in franchise history.
I wouldn’t say just the franchise, but Major League Baseball as a whole. But yes, as an Orioles fan, I would say you are correct. Makes me proud every time I see it
I didn't watch much baseball when I was a kid but I still remember this. One of those rare moments where everyone in the country was rooting for the same guy.
I kind of wonder if Bobby Bonilla will get a ceremony when he finally cashes his final check from the Mets. The ironhorse of depositing checks year after year.
I remember being kind of meh about it, but that was probably because my brother probably had (still has), no joke, the most complete collection of Cal Ripken Jr baseball cards on the planet
Born in 1990s Baltimore i feel like i needed this video to understand what all the older people clamored about
Same! Not born in but grew up in the Baltimore area since I moved here at 2 years old in 2000. This gave great context into why it was so unbelievable.
Same! I remember watching it live but didn’t understand…thought it was a score/hr record or something
You young whippersnappers.
This happened in 1995, right after the 94/95 MLB players strike.
Baseball was losing fans at this time and Cal was part of the magic that brought baseball and us spectators back together.
Imfao.
I'm from Massachusetts, and even up here everything STOPPED the night of the record breaking game. A whole region of Red Sox fans and we only cared what was happening with the Orioles that night.
Omg that was an incredible video.... As a thirty 8 year old Is lifelong orioles fan. That was a fantastic video and one of the BEST cal videos about the streak that I have ever seen!!! A true masterpiece video essay.
Cal is such a legend on and off the field. A true hometown hero. Phenomenal ball player, but a better person.
Iron man that played in the steroid era who no one questions for some reason.
@@12savage68 Thousands of players since the 50's used performance enhancing drugs. Even Mike Schmidt, a guy who's pretty universally loved in baseball admitted to using amphetamines. On average, 10-12 guys from every team was doping in the 80's. That's what several players have come forward and said anyways. It's a pretty safe bet every single HOFer that played in the 50's-2000's at least experimented with performance enhancing drugs.
@@brandondillman5841that's why I don't try to shame or diss the best of the best. Put Bonds and Clemens in the Hof already
@@brandondillman5841I think that goes for every sport In my personal opinion (I have zero medical credibility)Lebron James takes some type of drug MF still plays at a high level damn near the age of 40.
What made the home run even cooler that night was that he had also homered during the 2130 game AND the game before! (Hence why when you hear Chris Berman’s call as he’s losing his mind, he goes “Oh my goodness, HE’S DONE IT AGAIN!!!”) Cal just a had a flair for the dramatic. And him breaking Gehrig’s streak remains one of the most amazing moments in the history of sports.
The radio call of that homerun is even better. President Clinton was in the press box and called it before the pitch and was cheering like a fan.
This is what makes me so mad that he finished his career in the on-deck circle. Brady did everything he could to get on base.
If I'm not mistaken, he went yard in the All-Star Game that year, too.
I’m from Baltimore, absolutely loved Cal! He 100% saved baseball!! Side note: My dads a master electrician and worked on Cals mansion around 96, and it was ridiculous!!
Same mansion that he beat Kevin Costner’s ass in….he caught his wife with Costner and threw ol Kevin aBEATING
I like the vid, but is anyone else bothered by just how randomly the ad is placed in? Like I understand, people gotta get paid but it’s so jarring just watching the video and then for no reason get a blue moon advertisement
Interesting trivia: they played this game with baseballs made specifically for this date. They had the 2130-2131 logo and were stitched with Oriole orange thread instead of the typical red.
I was there at Camden Yards that night. I worked at the ballpark in concessions, and that night worked a temp stand in the bullpen area, where the retired player statues are now. At the 5th inning, EVERYONE, fans, ushers, workers you name it, were fixed on the field. And being in the bullpen party area, I had a great view of Cal's lap around the field.
Yeh MJ, was at both games myself…I was 12 and will never forget it…I’m from Aberdeen and played at Ripken stadium on the Ironbirds and got to know Cal a little…AWESOME man….he loves for baseball and especially teaching kids baseball….like his pops and brother…Billy is the man too
His story is literally what every kid dreams of. Playing professional baseball with your hometown team, the team you grew up watching and cheering for. And having your Dad as a coach and playing with your brother at the same time. Then setting an unbreakable record to become a legend. And he remained humble through it all. He is one of the all time great players and ambassadors of the game.
Gehrig was given a first inning at bat to keep his streak going on one occasion, While Cal played every inning of every one of his games, setting a lesser known MLB record of 8,264 consecutive innings, which may be even more impressive. All done while playing possibly the most physically demanding position aside from catcher.
That couldn’t be every inning in every one of his games, that only adds up to 918ish games. Still incredibly impressive
Yeah the consecutive innings was 1982-87. Cal did START in all 2632 games though.
One of the GOATs for sure.
If youre gonna do Ripken, y'all should do Phil Kessel's 985th game. Hockey is a pretty dang violent sport and this dude who was constantly under media pressure, accused of being unfit, who went through testicular cancer early in his career, proceeded to go to three all star games, win 2 championships, play in 2 olympics and win a silver medal and "best forward", became the first ever NHL player to play 1000 consecutive games, and even scored his 400th goal the game he broke the record. He might not be a likely hall of famer but durability in a contact sport is rare, and the fact the dude beat cancer before setting the record is cool as hell.
My orioles on secret base I’m so happy
Did I just see a blue moon ad embedded in the video??? 6:40
Owners like Angelos are pretty rare. Good on him for siding with the players and not the wallets of other owners.
Too bad his kids suck at being owners now 🙄
It seems to me like the new owners have taken a step back to let the baseball people do baseball things...
Also, a shout out to the person who made the schedule for knowing that the Orioles would need to play at home vs the team that displays on the scoreboards as CAL (now ANA). A little extra art.
The most interesting part is the Orioles weren't really competing for anything at the time. Cal didn't care though, he was always there. His patience was eventually rewarded though, as the team would win their division two seasons later.
Being loyal to a fault pays off sometimes.
They didn't win a pennant. They lost in the ALCS the next 2 years
A pennant? The O’s haven’t gotten a pennant since they won the WS in 1983, back when Cal was a fresh face. They did win a Wild Card spot the following season and a division title the year after that though, so that might be what you’re thinking of.
@@Gemnist98 Yeah, he meant the division title.
Loved the video, thank you. I just wanted some more juice on the Kevin Costner/power outage conspiracy of '97.
I had the pleasure of witnessing Cal get his 3000th hit at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. April 15th, 2000. Stadium staff even handed out thoughtful certificates that said "I Was There" and a space to place our ticket stubs on at the gates as we departed. A very memorable moment for me as a 10 year old baseball fanatic! Thank you, Major League Baseball.
I grew up near Baltimore. When my dad took me to my first game when I was a little kid, Cal Ripken was playing. I did not see a game in which Cal Ripken didn't play until after I was in graduate school. The crowds were so much bigger back then. This was a year before the Ravens so the O's were literally the only game in town then (unless you believed the old Baltimore symphony orchestra commercial that claimed that they were Baltimore's "other major league team").
So many nuggets in your comment I love it
I remember getting to see him play the year he broke the record. One of my happiest childhood baseball memories!
And to think Cal could've honestly kept the streak going probably way longer but I doubt either way we will see that broken or come close to anytime soon seeing how while it is a nice title its a lot of stress and work to put in (especially to risk injury) and I can only realistically seeing a DH only type hitter reaching for it.
Dude…the blue moon ad just ruined the flow of this video. Ugh.
Finally!!!! Baseball! BALTIMORE!!!! Cal Ripken Jr!!
Not gonna lie, when the Blue Moon beer commercial appeared, I thought it was RUclips running an ad and I was immediately looking for the skip button.
Then I realized it was part of the video.
And THEN right after that, RUclips actually ran an Ad, and it was a beer commercial... what are the freaking odds of that!?
6:38 Your ad integration is TERRIBLE.
I love secret base and I work for MolsonCoors, but you’ve got to stop with the BlueMoon ads. It’s turning me off the channel and the company I work for!
I remember watching this game with my dad. He explained exactly why this was such a big deal and it really sunk in when Ripken took his lap around the field.
Thank you Clara for uploading this video. As a lifelong Orioles fan, Cal was and still is my all time favorite baseball player. The way he played the game, and the way he went about his life is what made him great. Fun fact: My parents took me as a baby to the 2130 game, and I went to his final game in 2001. I also met him once years ago at a baseball camp, and he and his new wife have gone to my temple a few times.
You left out the best part of that moment. The TV broadcast announced the moment, and then they were basically silent for 5+ minutes as the fans cheered. It was amazing to watch.
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Cal Ripken was the man who rejuvenated interest in baseball more than any single person after the 94 strike.
Junior Griffey would like a word
Mark and Sammy have entered the chat..
@@thisguy8106 They came a few years later, but true.
@@charlescrawford2283 they did, but I was just mentioning them bc original comment says Cal Ripken did more than any single player did to rejuvenate baseball after the 94 strike, but Mark and Sammy did way more. The streak was cool and all.. But heading into 98', baseball was still struggling and we all know what went on to happen.. so I just needed to point out that the homerun race is what did it. Not Cal Ripken.
@@thisguy8106 why did attendance decrease from 1998-99?
If McGwire and sosa were responsible, surely there’d be some positive energy in attendance, which simply was not the case.
It's amazing that the two all time iron men of baseball are both players who didn't want the streak for the sake of the streak, they just wanted to play ball, so they did every day for years.
With how the game is played now this record will never be broken.
I don't even think it'll be broken by people who have desk jobs.
@@181cameron I think if someone in my company worked more than a year without taking a day off, HR would start freaking out.
This was such a big deal when I was a kid. I remember I was at my schools open house for 3rd grade and that’s all we were talking about was the streak was bout to be broken that night. I remember rushing home to turn on the TV to see it live, and it’ll always be one of those memories that I almost feel like I’m there when thinking about it. My dad told me to remember it cause it’ll never be done again. And he’s absolutely right.
Gotta admit, this and the '94 strike Rewinder have given me new respect for Peter Angelos. I had no idea he was a labor lawyer by trade who took the union's side during that dispute. Damn decent of him!
Yeah for once a wealthy businessman who ISN'T obsessed with squeezing out more profits above all else?
Awkward ass blue moon commercial in the middle of the video
yeah, to show you what kinda guy he is, during 'the streak' management wanted to 'rest' Cal, during 'blowouts' and 'laughers' they would take Cal outta the game. in one game and the 0's ahead big, he was taken out in the 3rd inning. a pre-teen on the 3rd base side, started crying his eyes out. when asked why he was crying, he said through his tears, "I came to see Cal Ripkin play!" when Cal was told this, he went to management and said he wanted to play every inning. THIS IS THE KINDA MAN CAL RIPKIN IS. when Don 'Donny Baseball' Mattingly heard that, he went to the Yankees and told them he wanted to play every inning, too! as it turned out, soon after, Mattingly hurt his back and was never the same.
Watched it live on TV when I was stationed in Japan. It showed at 10 in the morning there. Will never forget that.
6:24 is this even legal? I pay extra to not deal with advertisements. I don’t mind if the narrator of the show wants to plug a sponsor during their video, but i pay money to not see advertisements and commercials. I will no longer be following or viewing videos from you folks, i can’t deal with the disingenuous behavior of commercial advertising while I’m paying for RUclips ad free…
Random Blue Moon ad halfway through the video is definitely a choice
This was one of several major historical events that my 2nd grade teacher taped, and then brought in to show us that year. Looking back it’s really cool to think that she thought it was important for us to understand the significance of things like cal breaking the record. Thanks, Mrs Ingersoll!
I feel like people don't talk enough about how good he was. He was 4th all time in defensive WAR
Tops all Orioles in WAR collectively
even Murray, Palmer, and both Robinsons
@@thedude3065 He's definitely the best Oriole of all time
Not only that, but Ripken still had the record for most Home Runs by a Shortstop. On top of his Rookie of the year, 2 MVP awards, and 83 World Series win. One of the greatest Shortstops of all time and easily my favorite Oriole. Him Murray Palmer, and both Robinsons are the greatest Orioles to ever play.
You forgot to mention Kevin Costner bangging Cal's wife and a game being delayed because Cal was being fragile about it.
A moment I watched from my student room in the Netherlands; I still tear up when I hear that call
Never heard Angelos be shown in such a positive light. Here in Maryland he’s not very popular and true fans want the owner of the Ravens to buy the team.
It should also be mentioned that Ripken continued the streak for another 501 games. The man was a machine.
I think a lot of people have soured on Abgelos since the turn if the millennium and the Os going downhill. But Peter took the side of the labor in that strike and he seems committed to keeping the team here...
Probably bexsuse he saw the fallout from the Irsay debacle and wanted no part of that.
@@amazonstorm Well, we just need his sons to quit being spoiled brats
Worst part is that competing with the Yankees and Red Sox, he was probably the owner who would have benefitted the most from a salary cap.
He did, and he ended it by his own decision, because he felt there were days he might need to take off, and didn't want his manager to be beholden to the streak.
About a year after Ripken passed Gehrig, he also broke the world record for consecutive games of 2215, held by Japanese player Sachio Kinugasa. And then kept on going two years after that!
Way to get the Blue Moon sponsorship, hell yeah. Not done in an annoying way, either, other than maybe the shock of the audio cut.
Great vid as always.
That what Cal Ripken jr. Breaking that record was my first memory of Major League Baseball intellivision years later I got to go to Camden Yard I was like this is where Cal Ripken jr. This is baseball this is where baseball God played
One of the few brightspots i can remember as a lifelong Os and Skins fan.😂
I was at Memorial Stadium on my tenth birthday, the day Little Rip started The Streak. It sucked! Of course I didn't recognize the significance of that game, as I was an Al Bumbry fan and we lost badly.
Great video, but was surprised to not have the Kevin Costner situation mentioned.
Very subtle ad placement guys, hardly noticed it
I've never been a baseball fan, so this game remains the only one that I've watched live from start to finish. This game as well as the Steelers loss in Super Bowl 30 are two of my earliest memories of watching sports as a kid.
why did they get a woman whispering to do the voiceover for this video bruh
That might be the single worst cut to an ad. Ever.
It wasn’t just that Cal Ripken played in every game. From June 5, 1982 to September 14, 1987, Cal Ripken played in 8264 consecutive innings.
This is believed to be the record, as it is over 3000 innings longer than the 2nd-longest known streak, which was set in the 19th century in a Major League that no longer exists.
can we get a collapse on the rangers? or a beef history of shaq and kobe?
They didn't even mention the best part of the whole night. The lap around the stadium was amazing. It made you feel for baseball.
I'm from Baltimore and I can tell you from experience: there is no Oriole more beloved than him.
I've also met him once and he is a very nice guy.
I'd argue that Brooks Robinson is more beloved than Cal.
Him and I had the same voting location when I lived in Downtown Annapolis lol. Nice guy, absolute GOAT
Yhey, great voice tbh, seriously, for future games:
Use a more thought, confidence/firect in your voice
😊voice.
It's not gender a real thing. Also, remember to record (your voice, or whoever's) your voice
Its pretty interesting to note how much harder consecutive games streaks in baseball are to maintain than in football (of course normalizing for the length of the season). I feel like there are quite a few modern QBs who have streaks that last the majority of their career -- but in baseball even putting together a few seasons in a row is a challenge.
The reality is that game streaks are just a test of durability, and not really a test of work ethic (other than the work ethic to stay healthy and avoid injury). When you're a pro athlete, you're expected to play every game that you're penciled in for and not just take off because you feel like it. Refusing to play when the coach/manager wants you out there is a little unheard outside of qualified NFL hold-outs (but I guess may happen from troubled athletes from time to time). When you see baseball players play 130-140 games, its because you spent time on the DL or were benched for whatever reason. Playing 162 games is just an accomplishment of amazing durability. Putting that together for two decades is just insane.
Not trying to take away from what Ripken did -- just saying that it wasn't like he hurting the team by playing so much -- he was just fulfilling his obligations. The main difference is that Ripken just didn't get hurt like every other player. And really, even in Ripken's worst offensive seasons, they were still above average for a shortstop. When a shortstop puts up slugger numbers, that kind of puts them into MVP contention.
Need the Mile High Miracle for all my Baltimore fans now
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What about the conspiracy involving a blackout, Kevin Costner and Ripken's wife? There's even a video from a certain Base on this.
Finally! I’ve been waiting for this one. I actually went to this game with me dad that day.
I wonder if this video is sponsored by Blue Moon? Nothing like getting a commercial for Blue Moon in the middle of a commercial for Blue Moon being bracketed by commercials for Blue Moon
Not gonna lie. I get teary eyed watching 2131 highlights. I remember being 11 or 12 watching it with my dad and my grandmother.
I'm surprised his lack of ejections didn't get mentioned. Once, he got ejected after the 5th and Baltimore collectively almost fainted (source: old and from Baltimore)
I'm cool with you guys being sponsored but damn randomly interrupting the video was lame. Great video though on an amazing player.
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This was media circus. Hundreds of games he should have sat but the media crush was forcing this.
I lived through it. They guy is/was a very good ball player but this record has nothing to do with it
that advertisement forced randomly half way through felt soooo awkward. although props for getting around my ad blocker.
I grew up in the prairies in the middle of Canada and our baseball knowledge was basically limited to occasionally knowing if the Jays won. Hockey was life for us. And even my friends and I would regularly hear of Cal's streak.
Why is woman talking?
If his sperm donor weren't team manager and "the record" a planned event, he would have been benched multiple times. His play was subpar several times.
Not one mention of the most threatening moment to the streak - the Kevin Costner incident?
(It obviously never happened, but the sheer idiocy of that rumored story makes me laugh every time I hear it.)
It’s so crazy he never broke a bone by a hit by pitch or any countless injury that we see every year in baseball. Truly an anomaly.
Blue moon ad is jarring. I understand why it needs to be there but would appreciate a Segway next time! Love you guys!
Cal's record was doctored.
“While millionaire players fought billionaire owners over who should get richer, we got no baseball” isn’t the great point you think it is.
Please don't put an ad in the middle of the video at such a random place again. I know you guys have to make money, but it felt like slamming on the brakes in a bus.
I don’t know if y’all take requests but y’all should when Tennessee finally beat Alabama after 15 years
I was waiting tables at Harborplace the night he broke the record. The homerun and end of the game were both deafening. Fun night in BMore.
Weird ad break mid video no?
I grew up in Maryland and I have a BUNCH of Cal Ripken Jr autographs because he always signed everything kids asked him to. He’s the MAN.
“Welcome to a moment in history” no matter who narrates, that phase gives me chills EVERY. TIME.
Same here, and then I get another set of chills (or my eyes tear up, for some) when the announcer makes that final call before screen fades to black, and the Secret Base logo comes up.
“And let it be said that number 8, Cal Ripken Jr, has reached the unreachable star!”
This is amazing
If you look into Ripken's innings played and everything else, he was doing his streak it all becomes even more impressive.
I tho k cal
Would have hit better had he had some rest days for 6’4” dude seems low on power and tired when I saw him
Weirdly written
Something also to note is that Ripken played a tougher position (SS) than Gherig (1B).
You must not have seen Cal play. As if this is what defines him. Nah. Cal was a incredible baseball player. That's what defines Cal Ripken Jr. The fact that he's MLB's Ironman only ADDS TO HIS LEGACY. IT DOES NOT DEFINE IT.
That does get overlooked. Cal didn’t just play in that many games, he played HARD in that many games. An an outstanding fielder, had good power, great contact hitter and rarely walked back to the locker room with a clean uniform.
I remember watching this live on tv. It was a big thing at the time
Cal’s wife even gave birth, mid season, on an off day, while the team was at home!
Hell, Kevin Costner couldn't stop him!
Love sports history, love all the secret base and rewinders videos, but your videos are the best! THX for the 14 min entertainment
Damn 30 years after the strike. Im still learning new info.