<![CDATA[Deadspin: Cal Ripken Jr.]]> http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: Cal Ripken Jr.]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/cal ripken jr. http://deadspin.com/tag/cal ripken jr. <![CDATA[Deadspin Presents An Interpretive Rendering Of Cal Ripken Jr.'s Young Adult Book]]> We received an email from Cal Ripken Jr.'s publicity team at Random House, which will release his three-CD audiobook, HOTHEAD, next Tuesday. HOTHEAD (the caps are apparently intentional) is about a Babe Ruth League shortstop named Connor Sullivan and is "loosely based on challenges Ripken himself faced as a young player." More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5774749&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Orioles Combat Flagging Interest By...Turning Down Cal Ripken For A Job?]]> Your team's terrible. Your attendance is worse. What better way to add a little excitement than bringing your franchise's most beloved figure back under the O's umbrella? That's a rhetorical question, unless you're Peter Angelos. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5519499&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Arch Criminals Make Off With Baltimore's Only Memory Of Cal Ripken Jr.]]> How bad has crime become in Baltimore now that The Wire is off the air? Hooligans pilfered a three-foot high aluminum number "8" from Camden Yards last week. Now no one in the city can count to nine. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5359132&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[What Happens In SportRobe, Stays in SportRobe]]> Attention bloggers: There's now no reason to ever again wear pants. The SportRobe is here! (No truth to the rumors that the Orioles are using these as their actual home uniforms). Several models available; and we suppose that Marbury is wearing his pretty much constantly. And Seaver, of course, routinely goes commando underneath his. Or so we've heard. And do you suppose that Pennington wears his during games? That would be awesome, to see his robe flapping in the breeze as he scrambles out of the pocket, revealing Hello Kitty boxer shorts and socks suspenders. That would explain so much. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=342698&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Congratulations, Cal And Tony!]]> If you'll kindly excuse me, I'm going to step away from the computer for a little while to stretch my fingers, eat a Tim Horton's BLT sandwich, and watch Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. I hope you understand. I'm really, really hungry. More »
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