YOUTH SPORTS: After reaching the Cal Ripken World Series last summer, Free-Lake baseball repeats as state champions “For the kids that were on the team last year, it was a little harder because ...

Cal Ripken Jr. doesn't do half measures ... Within five years he had won the World Series -- his only triumph. Ripken was named an All-Star every year from 1983 to 2001, earned two AL MVP awards ...

Cal Ripken Jr. earned ... 1,695 RBI and a 95.9 WAR. Ripken was a 19-time All-Star, eight-time silver Slugger, two-time MVP and one-time World Series champion. On top of those achievements, Ripken ...