Baseball Cabinet

A long haul to the Hall is worth it

The Hardball Times found this 8/10/2007 on www.hardballtimes.com

The Class of '07 shows its class

SI.com - MLB - Ripken chosen as special envoy to State Dept. - Thursday August 9, 2007 9:21PM

BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog found this 8/10/2007 on sportsillustrated.cnn.com

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Hall of Fame newcomer Cal Ripken Jr. was chosen by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to promote baseball around the world. Rice on Monday will make Ripken a Special Sports Envoy to the Department of State, the public relations firm ...

Cal Ripken: Diplomat?

Construda found this 8/10/2007 on lioninoil.blogspot.com

Fresh off his Hall of Fame induction last month Cal Ripken Jr. has conquered the game of baseball. Now, looking for a new challenge, Ripken is heading out into the world, and is joining the diplomatic corps. That's right, Ripken is set to get a ...

Chasing Barr: Bobby Jenks

Obscure Sports Quarterly found this 8/13/2007 on logan-logsblog.blogspot.com

Yesterday afternoon Bobby Jenks tied a record that you've probably never heard of. It's not quite as popular as Cal Ripken's 2,632 consecutive games played or Joe Dimaggio's 56 game hitting streak but Jim Barr's 41 consecutive batters retired is an ...

One year later, Birds still not free

Oriole Post - Baltimore Orioles Analysis & News; ... found this 8/12/2007 on www.examiner.com

BALTIMORE ( Map , News ) - Nestor Aparicio said he has no desire to be an army of one. Nearly a year ago, the owner of local sports radio station WNST organized the national attention-grabbing “Free The Birds,” a rally and protest of the plight ...