The ‘Iron Man’ moved a minor league club to Aberdeen in 2002, but after years of tension, Ripken sold his namesake team Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr. brought minor league baseball to his tiny Harford ...

One of baseball's legends, Cal Ripken Jr., is chronicled in this illuminating documentary. Known for enjoying one of the longest careers in baseball history--21 years--Ripken Jr. has set records ...

Some baseball records are so epic they seem to have been carved in stone. Ripken Jr. and Nolan Ryan are among those who know ...

It was always something sports related." Ripken, named after baseball legend Cal Ripken, Jr., was a local celebrity of sorts for fans of animals and sports. He started his career in 2019 when he ...

For the second time in three years, Upper Allen Mechanicsburg's youth baseball program captured a Cal Ripken World Series title. Upper Allen's 8u All-Stars posted a 19-0 record and completed their ...

Ripken joined the rest of the state’s mascots at the game. “It was an incredibly humbling experience and representative of exactly how much Ripken meant to the people of his home state,” the ...

The family that trained Ripken The Bat Dog — best known for fetching bats and football kicking tees during sporting events in North Carolina — says the black Labrador has died. In a Facebook ...

Ripken the bat dog, a black labrador retriever who fetched the hearts of sports fans across North Carolina, died on New Year’s Day. The O’Donnell family, owners of Ripken, announced the ...

DURHAM, NC — The family that trained Ripken The Bat Dog — best known for fetching bats and football kicking tees during sporting events in North Carolina — says the black Labrador has died.

Ripken, most famous for being the bat dog at Durham Bulls games but also seen at NC State football, Carolina Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes games, died suddenly and unexpectedly at the start of ...