Ian Desmond received some positive reinforcement from Cal Ripken last weekend, but the Washington Nationals' shortstop has a lot of people in his corner as he tries to turn things around in the second-half.
If you somehow haven't heard the story yet, or have heard references to it and weren't quite sure what the full story was, Washington Nationals' shortstop Ian Desmond told reporters on Friday night about an encounter he had with former Baltimore Orioles' infielder Cal Ripken on the way to the ballpark.
Desmond was coming off a rough series with the Los Angeles Dodgers which saw him go 0 for 10 with four Ks in three games, though none of his teammates did much of anything against LA's starters either, but he was in an 0 for 18 slump overall in a six-game stretch which left him with a .