September 15, 1995 Table Of Contents

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TOUCHING 'EM ALL

CAL RIPKEN JR.'S RECORD-BREAKING NIGHT WAS EMOTIONAL FOR FANS AND PLAYERS ALIKE

By Tim Kurkjian

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST DESPITE CLOSE CALLS, A LOT OF TAPE AND A LOT OF GUTS KEPT THE STREAK ALIVE

By Tim Kurkjian

RIPKEN'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT THE STREAK SERVED AS A BACKDROP TO 14 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING MAJOR LEAGUE ACHIEVEMENT

By Tom Verducci

Lou Gehrig

The Original Iron Man

Lou Gehrig had a lot more in common with baseball's modern model of consistency than just the streak

By Robert W.Creamer

Young Cal

BORN TO PLAY RIPKEN KNEW EARLY ON HE WOULD BE A BALLPLAYER, BUT HE HAD TO PROVE HE COULD PLAY SHORTSTOP

By Tom Verducci

Early Success

SUCCESS COMES NATURALLY ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AND MVP IN HIS FIRST TWO SEASONS, JUNIOR HAS DONE HIS DADDY PROUD IN THIS 1984 SI STORY

By Ron Fimrite

Chasing Gehrig

SECOND TO ONE THE PRESSURE WAS BUILDING WHEN RIPKEN TOOK HIS PLACE BEHIND GEHRIG, AS THIS 1990 SI STORY ATTESTS

By Ralph Wiley

Golden Year

WORTH HIS WEIGHT IN GOLD FROM START TO FINISH, AT BAT AND IN THE FIELD, RIPKEN'S BRILLIANT 1991 SEASON WAS ONE TO TREASURE

By Tom Verducci

THE BEST OF TIMES A DREAM CAME TO LIFE WHENEVER BILLY, SENIOR AND JUNIOR SUITED UP TOGETHER FOR THE ORIOLES

By Tim Kurkjian

Family Update

FAMILY UPDATE CAL SR. AND VI

By Tim Kurkjian

FAMILY UPDATE BILLY

By Kelly Whiteside

FAMILY UPDATE FRED AND ELLY

By Kelly Whiteside

FAMILY UPDATE KELLY AND THE KIDS

By Kelly Whiteside

The Burden

SOLITARY MAN WHEN THE STREAK BECAME A BURDEN, AS REPORTED IN THIS 1993 SI STORY, RIPKEN BEGAN TO WITHDRAW FROM THE LIMELIGHT

By Tom Verducci

Collectors

TOKENS OF ESTEEM THE TOP COLLECTORS OF RIPKEN RELICS ARE MOTIVATED BY ADMIRATION, NOT AVARICE

By Kelly Whiteside

A TEAM PLAYER THE ORIOLE SHORTSTOP'S BIGGEST ASSISTS COME THROUGH HIS CHARITY FOUNDATION

By Kelly Whiteside

Man Of Iron

HOMEBODY A LOOK AT THE PRIVATE RIPKEN IN JULY '95 REVEALED A TENDER SIDE TO BASEBALL'S TOUGHEST PLAYER

By Tim Kurkjian

AND STILL COUNTING... THE WORLD-RECORD STREAK, HELD BY A JAPANESE THIRD BASEMAN, IS 2,215

By JOHN B HOLWAY

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