Boutin is trying to bring minor-league baseball to Aberdeen. What could be a better ... than the city that’s the hometown of Oriole legend Cal Ripken Jr.? Boutin can’t name one.

The Orioles today announced the club’s minor league coaching staffs and player development assignments for the 2025 season. The coaching staffs of Triple-A Norfolk, Double-A Chesapeake, High-A ...

The ‘Iron Man’ moved a minor league club to Aberdeen in 2002, but after years of tension, Ripken sold his namesake team Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr. brought minor league baseball to his tiny Harford ...

The nonprofit Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation’s mission has always been helping at-risk kids in distressed communities by providing mentors and giving them safe places to play, learn and grow.

It was always something sports related." Ripken, named after baseball legend Cal Ripken, Jr., was a local celebrity of sorts for fans of animals and sports. He started his career in 2019 when he ...

Ripken the bat dog, a black labrador retriever who fetched the hearts of sports fans across North Carolina, died on New Year’s Day. The O’Donnell family, owners of Ripken, announced the ...

The family that trained Ripken The Bat Dog — best known for fetching bats and football kicking tees during sporting events in North Carolina — says the black Labrador has died. In a Facebook ...

Ripken passed away on Jan. 1 after complications from a serious, undiagnosed medical condition. Ripken began serving several athletic teams in North Carolina at the age of three, according to a ...

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The family that trained Ripken The Bat Dog — best known for fetching bats and football kicking tees during sporting events in North Carolina — says the black Labrador has ...

Beloved Ripken The Bat Dog who retrieved baseball bats for the local baseball teams and fetched kicking tees for the North Carolina State University team has crossed the rainbow bridge.