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Iron Man Cal Ripken Jr.--the 19-time All-Star, World-Series winning
legend, American League MVP, and record holder who played 2,632
consecutive games--outlines eight rules for the game of baseball and
life, drawn from the lessons he has learned on and off the field.
Cal Ripken Jr. is a baseball legend. But legends aren't born, they're
made. For twenty-one seasons, Ripken took the field day in and day out,
through cold, heat, rain, and sometimes snow, playing in more than 3,000
games for the Baltimore Orioles. In 1983, the revered shortstop helped
lead his team to victory in the World Series. On September 6, 1995,
Ripken did the seemingly impossible, he surpassed Lou Gehrig's
unbreakable fifty-six-year-old Iron Man record, setting a new mark of
2,131 consecutive games--then played another 501 consecutive games.
Throughout his career, Ripken was admired for his consistency, hard
work, and loyalty. There were successes and failures, but above all was
an old-fashioned sense of doing what's right, every single day.
Since retiring in 2001, Ripken has enjoyed a successful career as a
baseball analyst, entrepreneur, and author. Now, in Just Show Up, he
reflects on his life and career to offer lessons for the next generation
and those to come. Ripken speaks eloquently about the timeless values he
has lived by: Life is a streak, play the long game; Success and money
are not the same; Play fair, win fair. And he shares stories of his
legendary father, Baltimore Oriole coach and manager Cal Ripken Sr.,
what it took to keep the streak alive, and what it meant to bring the
World Series to Baltimore.
Cal Ripken's message is simple yet poignant; wisdom essential to anyone
trying to forge a successful life in times that are often chaotic.
Blending insights from sports, business, and a life well-lived, Just
Show Up is the story of an American legend and the principles he has
lived by--standards our time needs.
