Cal Ripken Jr. at the Ripken Experience youth-baseball facility in Aberdeen, Md. Known as the “Iron Man,” he is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and today runs Ripken Baseball, which operates youth camps and tournaments in three cities. Cal Ripken Jr., left, in Miami in 1967 next to his siblings, Fred, Ellen and Billy, and his mother, Violet. Photo: Cal Ripken Jr.During the season, my dad was at the ballpark every single night, so we’d have our big meal in the middle of the day. Cal Ripken Jr. in 1982 with his father, who was third-base coach at the time for the Baltimore Orioles.

Source: Wall Street Journal April 25, 2017 15:12 UTC