Ryan Ripken has spent his young professional career attempting to distinguish himself from his famous father, and at times that drive led to frustration, especially as injuries kept him off the field for most of his first two seasons of professional baseball.
The 23-year-old son of Orioles Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. now again stands in the shadow of Maryland’s royal baseball family -- this time literally – as he attempts to revive his career playing in a stadium that bears his last name.
Ryan Ripken is now an Orioles farmhand, playing for the Short-A Aberdeen IronBirds, owned by his father.