3. Cal Ripken playing in a major league record 2,632 consecutive games (1982-98)
This streak has certainly become the most famous in the history of local sports and needs no explanation that hasn’t already been offered as Ripken simply went to work and played to the best of his ability through aches and pains and while manning the demanding shortstop position for most of his incredible run.
It isn’t the best streak in terms of reaching an amazing athletic feat, but the amount of tenacity shown by Ripken — to go with plenty of luck — was the ultimate example to youth of what it means to always be there for your team. And it’s remarkable to think that the longest active streak in the majors is a meager 248 from San Francisco Giants outfielder Hunter Pence, who would need to play every game until roughly his 46th birthday — he turned 31 earlier this season — to catch Ripken.
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Baltimore Positive is the vision and the creative extension of four decades of sharing the love of local sports for this Dundalk native and University of Baltimore grad, who began his career as a sportswriter and music critic at The News American and The Baltimore Sun in the mid-1980s. Launched radio career in December 1991 with Kenny Albert after covering the AHL Skipjacks. Bought WNST-AM 1570 in July 1998, created WNST.net in 2007 and began diversifying conversations on radio, podcast and social media as Baltimore Positive in 2016. nes@baltimorepositive.com
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