Just Show Up: And Other Enduring Values from Baseball's Iron Man

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 gamesoutlines eight rules for the game of baseball and lif…

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