ANAHEIM, Calif. — What started out as a continuation of his year of discontent rapidly is turning into an above-average season for Cal Ripken — except for his average. In case you&#8217… ...

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 ...

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.

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.

And when he gets to Cal Ripken Jr., well, I won't spoil the ending of this clip (suffice it to say he could do an entire month's worth of clips on the Iron Man's ever-changing stance).

When Cal Ripken Jr. gets together with his son, Ryan, ... But he was also someone who seemed to change his stance dozens of times during his 21-year professional career.