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In the twilight of a beautiful Seattle afternoon, the Baltimore Orioles'
third baseman did his hero thing again in one of those gag-me Hollywood endings
that Ripken manages to pull off so well. He could have gone out quietly in his
last All-Star Game. If you've watched him hit at all this season, you probably
expected it. But Ripken, remember, doesn't like to go out. At all. So, Tuesday,
with a swing of his twitchy bat, Ripken made what would have been just another
meticulously planned and completely forgettable All-Star Game into a true
midsummer classic. A keeper. "That," said Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher
Randy Johnson, "is the kind of magic that Cal brings to the field."
--From "A Genuine Hero's Moment" by John Donovan, CNNSI.com, July
11, 2001
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