[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 50 (Tuesday, April 13, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S3656]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                       TRIBUTE TO CAL RIPKEN, SR.

 Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, on March 25, the game of baseball 
experienced a tremendous loss when former Baltimore Orioles' manager, 
coach and minor-league player Cal Ripken, Sr., passed away at the age 
of 63.
  Cal Ripken, Sr. was a monumental figure in Baltimore's baseball 
heritage. For nearly four decades, Cal Sr. was the heart of the 
Baltimore Orioles' organization. He exemplified everything that is good 
about baseball and about America--hard work, dedication and integrity. 
He taught his sons, Cal Ripken, Jr. and Bill Ripken, to play baseball 
when they were young and inspired in them his own legendary love of our 
national pastime.
  In 1987, Cal Sr. was named manager of the Orioles, and became the 
first father to manage two sons simultaneously at the major league 
level. Ripken Sr. retired in 1992, having spent 36 years with the 
Orioles' organization.
  I will never forget going to the ball park, year after year, and 
seeing the competitive fire Cal Ripken Sr. brought to the Orioles. He 
knew how to bring out the best in the players he coached and managed.
  Cal Ripken, Sr. will be remembered for what he instilled in his 
family, in Baltimore and in all of us: work hard, show up every day, 
and always give it everything you've got. His spirit will live forever 
in the hearts of every Baltimore Oriole and every Oriole fan.

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