Cal Ripken Jr: Count Me In

Positively for Kids

by Cal Ripken Jr., Doug Keith (Illustrator)

Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken, Jr. tells young readers how the road to success in any field is rarely traveled overnight. In this book filled with color pictures and illustrations from his entire life, Cal shares his thoughts on how success is attained over time, through sustained day-by-day efforts and victories.

Genres: Sports, Biography

40 pages, Hardcover

First published October 25, 1995

About the author

Cal Ripken, Jr. was a shortstop and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles for his entire career (1981-2001). Nicknamed “The Iron Man” for his relentless work ethic and reliability on the field, Ripken is most remembered for playing a record 2,632 straight games over 17 seasons. He was a 19-time All Star and is considered to be one of the best shortstops professional baseball has ever seen. In 2007 he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Since his retirement, Ripken has worked as President and CEO of Ripken Baseball, Inc. to nurture the love of baseball in young children from a grassroots level.

Reviews

[Farrah]

Nicknamed "the Streak" because he played the most consecutive number of games in MLB. This was with the Baltimore Orioles and it broke Lou Gehrig's record. Lou Gehrig died of a disease but I forget the name.

The Orioles were the only team to ever have father (Cal Ripken) coaching two sons in MLB

CRJ kind of looks like a mediocre Paul Newman

[Jane Fournier]

I have a baseball book collection and Cal Ripken, Jr. is one of my favorite balllplayers. I will add this book to my private collection