The MLB All-Star Game in Seattle on Tuesday marked the first time the event had been held in the city since 2001. At that event, baseball legends Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn waved goodbye to fans at their last appearances in the «Summer Classic».
Ripken ended up hitting a home run and being named the game’s MVP. When he checked into the game at then-Safeco Field, fellow All-Star Alex Rodriguez moved to third base and allowed Ripken to play his primary shortstop position.
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Cal Ripken Jr., right, calls up to shortstop for Alex Rodriguez, left, during the first inning of baseball’s All-Star game on July 10, 2001 at Safeco Field in Seattle. (JOHN MABANGLO/AFP via Getty Images)
On Tuesday night, before the All-Star Game began, Ripken and Rodriguez reminisced about the epic moment. The Baltimore Orioles star said he was pretty upset with A-Rod over the move.
«Well, now that you mentioned it, I was a little mad at you, to be honest with you,» Ripken said on the pregame broadcast.
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Baltimore Orioles’ Cal Ripken Jr. during 1995 All Star Weekend on July 10, 1995 at The Ballpark at Arlington in Arlington, Texas. (Sports News via Getty Images via Getty Images)
«…I hadn’t been there in a while. I’ve got this big old glove on my hand that they made and called huge. I’m like, ‘How am I going to go back in there and pull a double play?'»
Ripken said he had a microphone on at the time and had to «choose my words very carefully» when Rodriguez pushed him.
The two-time MVP retired from the sport after the 2001 season. He was a 19-time All-Star and reached the mark in consecutive seasons from 1983, when he won his first MVP award, to 2001. He also broke Lou Gehrig’s streak of most games. consecutive games played with 2,216.
Cal Ripken Jr., number 8 of the Baltimore Orioles, poses for this portrait before the start of a Major League Baseball game circa 1995 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore. (Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
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The Orioles great finished with 431 career home runs while hitting .276 with a .788 OPS.