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Cal, Leslie and Junior

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Marc Myers
Apr 29, 2017
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This week in The Wall Street Journal, I interviewed Cal Ripken Jr. for my "House Call" column on growing up the son of a baseball manager and how his disciplined childhood helped him become a Baltimore Orioles star and Hall of Famer (go here). Known as the "Iron Man" for setting the record for the most consecutive games played (2,632), Cal knew he wante…

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