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Cal Ripken Jr. looks back 25 years after breaking MLB consecutive
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More than Iron Man: Cal Ripken's second basemen remember a legend
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Cal Ripken steps into history books with style as he breaks Lou
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Cal Ripken Jr. streak oral history
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