BALTIMORE, MD - CIRCA 1982: Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles makes a throw at Memorial Stadium circa 1982 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Owen C. Shaw/Getty Images)
Today marks the 38th anniversary of the beginning of the Baltimore Orioles favorite son’s record-setting streak.
On May 30, 1982, Cal Ripken Jr.began his streak that ended on September 20, 1998 with 2,632 games.
As Ripken got deeper into the pursuit of the streak, most baseball pundits believed that the original streak that belonged to Lou Gehrig would never be broken.
But the Iron Man decimated the Iron Horse’s 2,130 game-streak with his own streak of 2,632.