HERE IS THE BOOK "PLAY BASEBALL THE RIPKEN WAY", ("THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE FUNDAMENTALS")WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY CAL RIPKEN, JR. AND BILL RIPKEN (WITH LARRY BURKE). 

IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, WITH ONLY LIGHT WEAR.  

BOOK IS A 2004 FIRST EDITION HARDBACK; HAS A DUST JACKET; CONTAINS 236 PAGES, WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS; WAS PUBLISHED BY RANDOM HOUSE.

CAL RIPKEN, JR. IS ONE OF THE LEGENDS IN THE HISTORY OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.  CAL WAS A SHORTSTOP/3RD BASEMAN FOR 21 YEARS-ALL WITH THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES (FROM 1981-2001).  A 19-TIME ALL-STAR AND A 2-TIME AMERICAN LEAGUE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER, CAL RIPKEN, JR. IS BEST KNOWN FOR BREAKING LOU GEHRIG'S RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE GAMES PLAYED.  HE RETIRED WITH 431 HOME RUNS, 3184 HITS, 1,695 RBI, AND A .276 BATTING AVERAGE.   CAL WAS INDUCTED INTO THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IN 2007.

CAL'S BROTHER BILL WAS AN INFIELDER IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES FROM 1987-1998, AND PLAYED FOR 5 DIFFERENT AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAMS.

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