Cal Ripken Jr reveals he was peeved at Alex Rodriguez during last All-Star Game for pushing him to shortstop

The MLB All-Star Game in Seattle on Tuesday marked the primary time the occasion was held within the metropolis since 2001. In that occasion, baseball legends Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn each stated goodbye to followers as they made their final appearances on the “Midsummer Traditional.”

Ripken ended up hitting a house run and being named the sport’s MVP. When he checked into the sport at then-Safeco Discipline, fellow All-Star Alex Rodriguez moved over to 3rd base and allowed Ripken to play his major place of shortstop.

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Cal Ripken Jr., proper, requested to maneuver to the shortstop place by Alex Rodriguez, left, in the course of the first inning of the baseball All-Star recreation July 10, 2001 at Safeco Discipline in Seattle. (JOHN MABANGLO/AFP through Getty Photographs)

On Tuesday evening, earlier than the All-Star Recreation started, Ripken and Rodriguez recalled the epic second. The Baltimore Orioles star stated he was fairly peeved at A-Rod for the transfer.

“Effectively, now that you just introduced it again up, I used to be form of pissed at you, to be trustworthy with you,” Ripken stated on the published earlier than the sport.

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Cal Ripken Jr., of the Baltimore Orioles, in the course of the 1995 All Star Weekend on July 10, 1995 at The Ballpark at Arlington in Arlington, Texas. (Sporting Information through Getty Photographs through Getty Photographs)

“… I hadn’t been over there shortly. I received this massive outdated glove on my hand that they made that they known as humongous. I am going, ‘How am I going to return over there and switch a double play?’”

Ripken stated he was mic’d up on the time and had “to decide on my phrases very rigorously” as Rodriguez pushed him over.

The 2-time MVP retired from the game after the 2001 season. He was a 19-time All-Star and hit the mark in consecutive seasons from 1983, when he gained his first MVP award, to 2001. He additionally broke Lou Gehrig’s ironman streak of most consecutive video games performed with 2,216.

Cal Ripken Jr., #8 of the Baltimore Orioles, poses for this portrait earlier than the beginning of a Main League baseball recreation circa 1995 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore. (Concentrate on Sport/Getty Photographs)

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The Orioles nice completed with 431 dwelling runs in his profession whereas batting .276 with a .788 OPS.