multiply cal ripken's numbers by cal ripken by 3. the number of pro baseball players in his family. cal? >> all right. 29 -- 24 -- 2 -- 27. eight. 8724. is that right? >> is that correct? sir. >> it is correct. congratulations. math problem number 2. please pay attention. 431 career homers. 19 all star appearances divided by 50 years old. equals what number? >> ok. >> only a three hour show, cal. >> 9. >> joe, is that correct? >> correct. >> by the way, there is no joe. it's my imaginary friend. cal, congratulations on this. you can play ball and be a scholar and this program is going to be on fox and friends.com with the details. i love the fact that you're branching into education. >> lot of people think you can play sports for a living and not have to worry about that. very few people can, education is important. math is important. >> right. and cal, you made that easy transition from the baseball world to the real world and you've been outstandingly successful and kids are grateful for the league you started and all you do. thanks so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> you th

. >>> cal ripken's helping kids with their math skill.s an interesting story about how rip got involved to test against other students. he was doing a shot from d.c. and we signed up for it, we wanted to hear how he's attacking the world of math and he'll win like he's won in everything else. stst,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> you're looking at straight line wind damage, or it could be a tornado. this story continues today. the national weather service hasn't determined if it was a tornado. more on that in a moment. >>> first, it's not a bad day's start what's so far and we'll have a good sunrise coming up. >>> we'll take a look at the day part . still, above the normal which is 46. going to ahoof 56 -- to a high of 56, that's normal for this day. don, take it away. >> what's going on in the rush, here's sharon. >>> well, we're seeing the normal delays and we have an accident or two working and watch for it on bunker hill, well, actually south hanover street. we have a stabled vehicle at dorsey road and that's between york and coalette. we're see

. >> i think i remember cal ripken talking about how you know i just get out there and go to work every day and i think that's what a lot of people do. unfortunately for a lot of people there's not a hall of fame. >> you can catch the entire awards ceremony right here on abc2 starting at 8:00 and of course followed by abc2 news at 11:00. >>> now let's talk about the economy. a new study finds that african- american homebuyers and buyers low income neighborhoods actually pay higher rates on their fha loans. the study by communities united found in 2008 homebuyers in low income neighborhoods were three times more likely than buyers in wealthier upper class neighborhoods to receive a high cost fha mortgage. african americans latinos were twice as likely as whites to buy a home with a mortgage. they are calling for an investigation. >> the next step really is, you know, hud and the department of justice investigating this information. you know, we're not saying why this is happening we're just saying this is happening, and you know, because there is such disparate it's potentially a huge pr

that was the talk from cal ripken jr.nsoring the grand slam mass challenge and students will compete in a game. the top-5 students will win a trip to next year's all-star game and great the role models are getting out. >> it is. >> and promoting the important messages. >> and that is good to see it, too. >> and a great day to be out and another reason to be in the area. >> and we don't have rain in the forecast. >> okay. >> and that looks like we're getting through comfort blow where. >> it's dark outside. >> i know. >> and that -- . >> and me, too. >> and how bright it is in the morning, right? >> and that goofs up everyone's schedule. the first week is often hard for people and getting used to earlier sunset and sunrise is a challenge and that is nice to go along with the return to standard time. the high temperature, 63 degrees and that did feel warmer, i'm sure, as we go to the weather maps. we did not have the big wind we were dealing with that was gusting close to 30 miles an hour and it was lighter, 63 across the b

cal ripken is available to tell us all about it.cal. >> good morning, patrice. >> tell to me about the math. how are we tying the two together? >> i guess i'm a math teacher right now. many times i'm in front of kids and talking about the importance of education. we as a country aren't doing very well in math. we teamed up with the people, you know they came into our world series a few years ago and all of kids were ttracted to the game that is tidbits that is like chess and checkers combinedd it's an easy game to learn. it's like learning mmth in a subtle sort of way. what we decided to do is spread the good word there, because everybody needs a little help and create the challenge across the country where state versus states. they can compete or the states that play the most tidbits, go online to tidbits tivite. it's hard to remember. it's free, and you will have a lot of fun doing it, but you will increase your math scores as well. we threw in a lot of prices. one of the top prizes is the all 5 top people will get to go to the al