joins the baltimore orioles and began his campaign to break the unbreakable record.e took the mlb by storm, winning rookie of the year in 1982 and when is iron maiden streak began and following up the next season by winning american league m.v.p. and the 1983 world series. over the course of his career, he would rack up 19 all-star appearances, two golden gloves and a second american league m.v.p. in 1991. he already established himself as one of the greatest players in major league history as he continued to extend his streak. then, on september 5, 1995, the world watched as lou gehrig's record that had stood for 56 years was broken by cal ripken jr. ripken would extend his streak for another three years, finally capping the all-time record at 2632 games in a row. over 500 games more than lou gehrig's previous mark. he retired after the 2001 season and was elected to the baseball hall of fame in 2007. it has been 26 years since ripken ended his streak and no player has come close to challenging him. so i played at the little league all-star shortstop when i was eigh

david: now you are an owner of the baltimore orioles, how you feel about these high-priced contracts to players are getting. he used to be a player wanted higher price contracts but now you are an owner, how do you look at that, differently? cal: slightly. i try to think one of the other intangible values that you can offer a player besides the bottom line dollars, because the bottom line dollars are so big that you can make a case for saying how much. it's about ego and breaking the bank. it's about agents wanting to continue to make it go up for other people to come through. my situation was i wanted to play in one place, i wanted to have controlled a player in one place. if we get to a point where we try to convince our place to stay, you want to tell them all the values that associated with derek jeter playing his whole career in a pinstripe uniform, me playing my whole career in the orioles. was is that mean for you and the big picture and hopefully they will value that. it will be a competitive landscape where we will have to do. david: baltimore is a smaller city, is that a bi