There have been times during Cal Ripken’s career when any change of his batting stance started a debate and a shift in the batting order created a controversy. Often the two went together ...

Entering tonight's game against the Boston Red Sox, the fourth, fifth and sixth spots in the Orioles' lineup were hitting .126 (8 for 63) with 16 strikeouts and only one home run, which belongs to ...

It was a stance made even more famous when Cal Ripken tried it out, but Tettleton was the player who made lazy bat handling famous. Tony Batista. Batista was the Usher of open stance batting.

Cal Ripken Jr.’s teammates gave it to him in 1995 on the night he broke Lou ... There’s also a pitcher’s mound and marks on the floor where Cal would practice switching up his batting stance.

Cal Ripken Jr. Opens Up About the Hardest, ... his stance on the Make Baseball Fun Again movement, ... The batting averages were coming down, and pitchers were dominating.

Cal Ripken, a fixture with the Baltimore Orioles since winning American League rookie of the year honors in 1982, who played in more consecutive games than anyone in baseball history, will retire ...

The life and times of Cal Ripken could not be adequately captured in a 15-minute pregame tribute. But the White Sox organization succinctly paid homage to the retiring future Hall of Famer before ...