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Ripken First Start Lineup Card

IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,504 ✭✭✭✭
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Thought I'd post this to share...This is a lineup card from the 08/12/81 when the Orioles/Royals played shortly after the player's strike ended that summer. The significance of this is that this game was the FIRST time that Cal Ripken Jr.'s name would be penned on a Major League Lineup card....Also, this game saw Ripken's first AB's and defensive work (he has made his debut two days earlier as a pinch runner of all things):

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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    IMF .. that's a pretty kewl item to own. Is it yours?
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,504 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>IMF .. that's a pretty kewl item to own. Is it yours? >>



    yes, it is.....I have a lot of them...here is Consecutive Game 1000 nearly seven years later (this particular lineup card was on display at the Babe Ruth Museum in Balt. approx. 10 years ago when they did a timeline/retrospective of his career):

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  • IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,504 ✭✭✭✭
    While shown before, favorite ones are the lineup cards which sat in the homeplate umpires pocket the very first game of the consecutive game streak in May of 1982:

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  • IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,504 ✭✭✭✭
    Career Home Run # 200

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    I'll stop....lol

    Enjoy

    IMF
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  • Bosox1976Bosox1976 Posts: 8,564 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Most cool.
    Mike
    Bosox1976
  • ripkenintheminorsripkenintheminors Posts: 2,186 ✭✭✭
    Never cease to amaze me!
    -Chris

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  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,438 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very cool.

    Do you know who has the originals?
    Mike
  • slantycouchslantycouch Posts: 1,704 ✭✭✭
    Awesome!

    I can't believe those are still around. Very cool stuff.
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Career Home Run # 200

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    Funny how both Ripken's names are spelled RIPKIN on this card! lol

    Kickass items IMF!!
  • earlycalguyearlycalguy Posts: 1,247 ✭✭


    great items. I was at Cal's first game. Have a personal photo of him crossing home plate when he was the pinch runner and scored winning run. photo is blurry though. Cal and his dad used to car pool to Memorial Stadium in his dad's Volkswagon bug. Sr. had a yellow one and Elrod and orange one. Old Memorial Stadium was best place for autographs

    nice line up cards!
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