Cal Ripken Jr. and the Aberdeen Ironbirds

Cal Ripken Jr. smiles before throwing a ceremonial first pitch at a New York-Penn League baseball game between the Aberdeen IronBirds and the Connecticut Tigers in Aberdeen.The IronBirds honored the 20th anniversary of the end of Ripken's streak of 2632 consecutive games played for the Baltimore Orioles. (Steve Ruark / For Baltimore Sun Media Group)