Cal Ripken Jr. Part 2: Playing Through Injury and Changing Positions to Help the Team...plus: the '98 Orioles/Yankees Brawl!

Pro Corner with Austin Surhoff

Part two of our conversation with legendary baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. In the episode, the guys discuss Cal's role as a veteran leader on the great Baltimore Orioles teams of 1996 & 1997. Cal talks about playing through serious injury - what motivated him to keep playing through pain (hint: helping the team). He also talks about his move to third base in 1997 after already having a Hall of Fame career as baseball's best shortstop, in order to help firm up the team's defense. Why did he put aside ego and make the move? (hint: to help the team) The guys also dig into the lighter side of things with Cal's POV of an infamous 1998 brawl between the Orioles and the Yankees. The storylines involved sound straight out of the WWE! Estimated timeline: 0:00 - Austin Introduces the episode 5:15 - Cal's leadership on the Orioles' 1997 "Wire to Wire" team 10:00 - Playing through excruciating pain to make sure the Orioles stayed in the playoff race 13:30 - What makes someone a "player's manager?" Cal's analysis of what made Davey Johnson a great manager 22:30 - The infamous Orioles/Yankees brawl in 1998 - what lead to it happening? What's happening on the field during a brawl? 30:30 - Cal's decision to move to third base after a storied career at shortstop Enjoyed the episode? Rate & Review to tell us what you think, and hit Subscribe to be notified of all new episodes! Follow us on Instagram @procornerpodcast for all episode updates Follow Austin @AustinSurhoff on Instagram and Twitter Use this homepage for all updates about Pro Corner: https://linktr.ee/austinsurhoff Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/procornerpodcast/message