Jersey of the Game

Orioles’ Jersey of the Game-Cal Ripken Sr.

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Cal Ripken Sr. was a longtime minor league manager, major league coach, and briefly the manager of the Orioles. He was the father of Cal Ripken Jr. and Billy Ripken. Ripken died in March 1999 at 63.

Jersey Worn by: 

Don Mauldin

Bel Air, Maryland


What’s the story?

“I got it at an IronBirds game and I couldn’t pass it up.”


Rich Dubroff

Rich Dubroff grew up in Brooklyn as a fan of New York teams, but after he moved to Baltimore, quickly adopted the Orioles and Colts. After nearly two decades as a freelancer assisting on Orioles coverage for several outlets, principally The Capital in Annapolis and The Carroll County Times, Dubroff began covering the team fulltime in 2011. He spent five years at Comcast SportsNet’s website and for the last two seasons, wrote for PressBoxonline.com, Dubroff lives in Baltimore with his wife of more than 30 years, Susan.

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