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The Only Way I Know
by
Cal Ripken,
Mike Bryan
There aren?t many Americans who didn?t feel a lump in their throat watching Cal Ripken, Jr. take a historic jog around the bases on the evening of September 6, 1995--the night he smashed Lou Gehrig?s record number of 2,130 consecutively played games. But, as "the hardest working man in baseball" will tell you, he was just doing his job. And now he tells you just how he doe...more
Paperback, 336 pages
Published
April 1st 1998
by Penguin Books
(first published January 1st 1997)
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Cal Ripken Jr., a man most commonly known for breaking Lou Gehrig’s record of 2,130 consecutive games started, has written an excellent autobiography of his career. With the help of Mike Bryan, The Only Way I Know shows the struggles Cal encountered throughout his long career in both the majors and lesser leagues. Being a life-long baseball fan and player, I found this book to be incredibly interesting and insightful. Of course I knew all of the obvious accolades of his career, breaking the reco...more
I love Cal Ripken Jr. He's been one of my favorite players since I was 9 years old. I was really looking forward to this book. I wanted to be able to rate it higher. I really did. However, the books is very dry and doesn't have a lot of really good stories in it. It's mostly about stats for different years and how he broke out of his slumps. There's not a lot about his childhood growing up in the shadow of the big leagues with his dad being in the Baltimore organization. There were very flat sto...more
Such an interesting and fascinating story about the life of one of baseball's greatest players and his family.
This is really good and it also he helps kids and he has a little leaue organzination and stilled helped.
Ilove biography's and read 20 or 30 on baseball because my son plays.
highly recommend!
This really is a great biography. I received it as a gift in the 5th grade and have read it many times since then. Ripken was a man of amazing integrity, which is refreshing in today's generation of doped up ballplayers. The book also gives a large look at how the baseball farm system is ran.
I wouldn't necessarily recommend it to anyone, but if you are a baseball fan or want to read a biography of a very honorable man, pick this book up.
I wouldn't necessarily recommend it to anyone, but if you are a baseball fan or want to read a biography of a very honorable man, pick this book up.
If you think you know your hero Cal Ripken Jr, you just might know him. this book proved that what you see is what you get...he is hard working and very loving family man and ball player.....if you notice ball player came in second and that is the way of the man....it is a wonderful book and you learn something about the Ripkens that you might not have ever known.
Whenever I return to this book, I wish to sublimate Cal's thoughts unto the collective consciousness that is baseball players today. Of course, such influence can only happen once at a time; luckily, I am seeing a return to humility, honest work ethic and effort in particular players as they try to reinvent themselves when traded to different teams.
He wrote this before he retired so you knew there was going to be another book eventually. And there was. But this first one was better. Got into the details of the crappy minor leagues and the drudgery of everyday workouts while still being interesting.
Interesting to read about the streak from the perspective of baseball's iron man. I also enjoyed reading about the "Oriole Way" which now I believe is better referred to as the "Ripken Way".
i wanted to love this real bad because i grew up as Cal being an idol. something about the book didn't grab me though...i am proud to have it on the bookshelf though.
Cal Ripkin is a humble All Star. He keeps his mind on what is important in life. He works hard, plays hard, and is a man to admire.
Good role model, people can learn a lot from Cal.
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