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“It’s been a great run,” Cal Ripken Jr. said at a June 19, 2001, news conference announcing his retirement at season’s end.

LSU right-hander Ben McDonald is the only player the Orioles have selected with the first overall pick of the MLB draft. That will change Monday night.

April 28, 2000: Mike Bordick’s seventh home run helps the Orioles defeat the Texas Rangers, 4-3, before an announced 44,092 at Camden Yards. With 29 RBIs, Bordick breaks the one-month team record for RBIs by a shortstop held by Cal Ripken Jr.

Former Orioles outfielder Adam Jones and his wife are selling their 24-acre Baltimore County estate, less than a year after buying it from Cal Ripken Jr. in an auction.

Six-time All-Star Joe Mauer announced his retirement on Monday. He was the last player to be represented by Baltimore-based agent Ron Shapiro, who also represented many Orioles stars, including Cal Ripken Jr., Eddie Murray and Jim Palmer.

In the end, the unthinkable has become reality. The Aberdeen community looks foolish, because of the pigheadedness of its elected leaders. The city is going to end up spending a lot more tax dollars than it should have

The Orioles re-signed infielder Ryan Ripken and seven other minor league free agents.

The six-bedroom Falls Road home is on the market for $2.695 million.

As part of the Blue Crab week-long experience in Aberdeen, brothers Cal and Billy Ripken helped host and participated in a skills competition, clinic and Q&A at Leidos Field on Wednesday evening.

Remember when Paul Blair, Earl Weaver and Johnny Unitas were in the news?

Chris Davis recorded his Orioles-record 1,306th strikeout in the eighth inning of Saturday's 5-4 loss in Minnesota.

Chris Davis’ ninth-inning strikeout Thursday night was his 1,305th with the Orioles, tying him with Cal Ripken Jr. for the most in Orioles franchise history.

Chris Davis' ninth-inning strikeout Thursday night was his 1,305th with the Orioles, tying Ripken for first on the Orioles' all-time list.

The Orioles (37-25) maintain their grip on first place, taking two of three on the road in both Boston and Milwaukee, thanks to Cal Ripken Jr.’s hot bat.

Ronald M. Shapiro is best known as the sports agent for superstars like Cal Ripken and Eddie Murray. But his five-decade career is most remarkable for the sheer number of ways he has contributed to Baltimore, dating from the moment he first arrived here after law school.

Cal Ripken Jr. was the best player on the 1988 team that started the season 0-21 and was the losingest team in baseball that year. He certainly feels the pain of this year's Orioles.

Cal Ripken Jr. announces a new MLB and USA Baseball initiative called  “Hit and Run Baseball,” a modified version of youth baseball. It picks up the pace and gets players more active with fewer innings, batters and pitches.

Orioles center fielder Adam Jones purchased Cal Ripken Jr.'s estate for "a fraction" of its initial listing, according to a report.

Slumping Orioles Dennis Martinez, Cal Ripken Jr. and Ken Singleton rise from the depths while Tippy Martinez gets the A's to go fishing. Meanwhile, the 1983 O's move back into first place.

Former Oriole Cal Ripken Jr. will travel to the Czech Republic to conduct baseball skills clinics for kids, meet with coaches and dignitaries, and hold public discussions on the sport.

Former Orioles Hall of Fame infielder Cal Ripken Jr. will receive the National Museum of American History's "Great Americans" medal on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the

Cal Ripken Jr., Jack Marin and Jim Palmer were on the sports pages this time of year.

The Orioles lost on Opening Day in 1983. It was hardly a sign of things to come.

Looking back at and catching up with the 1983 Orioles, who won the team's most recent World Series, over the Phillies in five games.

Aberdeen Mayor Patrick McGrady said Monday “there is no deal” in place for the city to sell Ripken Stadium.

Ripken’s hometown dispute concerns, puzzles Aberdeen residents

Infielder Ryan Ripken, son of Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr., re-signed with the Orioles on a minor league contract.

It's a mutual decision, according to the New York Daily News.

The Orioles brought back 20 members of 1992 team for weekend celebration

Peter Schmuck delivers five lists of five favorite people, places and things

Adam Kolarek, a Catonsville High grad and lifelong Orioles fan, is in the majors for the first time with the Rays

Ryan Ripken looking to make good on Orioles opportunity

Fred Manfra calls his final game as the Orioles' radio play-by-play broadcaster.

Cal Ripken has a new girlfriend.

Bill Ripken, a former Oriole and brother of star Cal Ripken Jr., read to children at the Abingdon Library Saturday. He is the co-owner of Ripken Baseball, the parent company of the Aberdeen IronBirds, which is promoting a new ticket plan to help raise money for the Harford County Public Library.

Concerns that Ripken Baseball or the Aberdeen IronBirds might be flying out of Harford County, based on two startling developments last year, were put to rest Tuesday by the head IronBird, the Iron Man himself, Cal Ripken Jr.

Friday night, Brooks Robinson and Cal Ripken Jr. shared the stage at the 13th annual Aspire Gala at the Waterfront Marriott.

The biggest sports stories of 2016 were also some of the biggest news stories of the year.

And almost all of them involved

Cal RIpken reflects on the first 15 years of the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation

Baltimore newsmakers, from Brooks Robinson and Cal Ripken Jr. to Oprah Winfrey, revisit the spots where they made their marks.

Cal Ripken Jr. is considering selling his majority interest in the Aberdeen IronBirds, but the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Famer remains committed to his Harford County hometown and will continue to operate his stadium complex and to focus on his core mission of youth baseball, a spokesman said Friday.

The Baltimore Orioles announced Monday they have extended their working agreement with the Class-A Aberdeen IronBirds, signing a two-year extension through the 2018 season.

Retro Baltimore Sun Front Page September 7, 1995

After starting the 2016 New York-Penn League schedule on the road at 1-4, the Aberdeen IronBirds had to be happy to be home and it showed.

Kelly Ripken and Cal Ripken divorced this morning in the Baltimore County Circuit Court. The couple was married for close to 30 years.

Fireside Chat and book signing with sports legend Cal Ripken, Jr. The former shortstop and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles introduces "The Closer," the sixth book in the Cal Ripken, Jr.'s All-Stars series to a capacity crowd. Registration for this event filled in less than six minutes.

Orioles Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. has a new job with Major League Baseball. Plus, other notes from baseball's winter meetings in Nashville.

As a guest on the Rich Eisen Show on Friday, Cal Ripken Jr. faced another round of questions regarding the Washington Nationals' managerial opening.