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Corey Seager impresses Cal Ripken Jr, who sees the comparison

LOS ANGELES >> Whenever Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager is asked about the comparisons he draws to Cal Ripken Jr., you almost feel for the kid.

Seager was 7 years old when Ripken played the final game of his Hall of Fame career in 2001.

And for as good a baseball player as he is, Seager really doesn’t like talking about how good a baseball player he is.

“Just to have your name beside his in the paper,” Seager said of Ripken, “is pretty special for me.”

If the 22-year-old Seager wins the National League Rookie of the Year Award as expected, the comparisons will escalate.