Cal ripken jr biography book

Cal Ripken Jr. takes the reader through a journey about his life inside and outside of baseball. In his book "The Only Way I Know", Cal describes his life in the minors for the Rochester Red Wings all the way to the famous "Streak Night" for the Orioles in 1995. Cal recounts his memories with former teammates, the baseball life in the Ripken family, and throws in details about his mindset and mentality when it comes to life and baseball. One major message that Ripken Jr. highlights in his book, is to pursue dreams no matter what circumstances. For Cal, his passion happened to be baseball thanks to his dad Senior (Cal Ripken Sr.). Cal broke Lou Gherigs record bot because he yearned to, but because baseball was his passion, and he never wanted to take a day off. He loved the game, and made sure he was a apart of the Orioles every single day. His brother, Fred, had a different passion. Fred chose to pursue motorcycles instead of baseball, and Cal never critized his brother for choosing the lower paying job. Fred had a passion for motorcycles and cars, and in his eyes he never worked a day in his life while fixing engines and exhausts. Cal highlights this a few times throughout the book, mainly because Fred was the only son to not be a baseball p

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