Ticket Stub from First Game of
Cal Ripken's Streak
Exceedingly rare ticket stub
from the first game of Cal Ripken Jr.'s Consecutive
Games Played Streak, played on May 30, 1982. Ripken
would begin his streak at the third base position
and bat eighth in the batting lineup. From this
game on, Ripken played in every game for the Orioles
until he asked manager Ray Miller to sit him down
on Sept. 20, 1998 -- a total of 2,632 consecutive
games over 16 years. How many ticket stubs of
the first game of Ripken's streak could there
be, as it was an inconsequential game at the beginning
of the season? Who could know that this game would
start the streak that would eclipse Lou Gehrig's
seemingly insurmountable consecutive games played
streak of 2130? In terms of extremely scarce baseball
relics, this is definitely one of them.

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