But on Aug. A month later the owners canceled the rest of the season. In March , with the strike unsettled, there were rumors that the owners would use replacement players. Ripken announced that he would honor the strike, even if that meant the end of his streak.
Orioles owner Peter Angelos intervened, however, and said he wouldn't use replacement players. Ripken caught Gehrig at 2, consecutive games in Camden Yards on Sept. He also homered in Baltimore's victory over California. The next night, he played in his 2,st consecutive game to set a new Iron Man standard. He homered in this game as well, a win over the Angels. When the contest became official, the capacity crowd erupted in a minute ovation, during which Ripken took a victory lap around the field.
On July 15, , manager Davey Johnson switched Ripken to third base for the first time since , an experiment that lasted just six games. But with the signing of free-agent shortstop Mike Bordick in December , Ripken became the regular third baseman in The Streak ended on Sept.
The following April, Ripken went on the disabled list for the first time in his career. He also went on it again that season and appeared in only 86 games. However, the time off didn't hurt his stroke as he batted a career-high. On April 16, , Ripken became the 24th player to reach 3, hits when he singled off the Minnesota Twins' Hector Carrasco.
But later that year, he went on the DL for more than two months. He finished the season with a. While Ripken was healthier in , his average fell even further, as a late-season slump dropped his average to. His season highlight came at the All-Star Game, where he was starting for a record 17th time and making his 19th consecutive appearance. Besides retiring as the Orioles all-time leader in hits, homers and games, he also leads them in runs batted in 1, , runs 1, , doubles and total bases 5, On Oct.
He was the perfect Oriole. I learned how to position myself through Mark. Playing guys, because our pitching was so good, we could cheat many feet — not just one or two, but many feet. Rip, when he got over there, just took it to the next level, and he never made an error. He controlled the defensive side of the ball, and he was the lead guy everywhere we went.
Played the game hard, and was never afraid of injury or anything like that. He was a leader. Ripken, who had made an error in April, made only one more the rest of the year. He had a good first step, and then he had length. I could see it now in my head, the ball up the middle — the bounding two-hopper up the middle where you see the 6-foot-4 lunge up the middle, where he would catch it, spin and throw a strike to first base. I think what he might have missed as far as foot speed, that first step is huge.
He seemed to always be able to cover as well as anybody. Baltimore was under. I have no idea how he was able to do it, but he did it for such a long time, and he did it better than most. But all you hear is Iron Man, and all anyone talks about is the streak. What they saw was as complete a baseball player as they have ever been around. Reynolds remembered that when he was in Seattle, he was responsible for calling out coverages on hit-and-run plays.
When he got to Baltimore, Ripken said that was his job, but if he ever screwed up, Reynolds could have a chance. Reynolds agreed. He never got the chance. It was the whole field. I still think about that, I really do.
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