~ Birthday Boyz ~

Today is the birthday of Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken, Jr. (born August 24, 1960), nicknamed "Iron Man", a former Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001).

Ripken is perhaps best known for breaking New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played, a record many deemed unbreakable. He surpassed the 56-year-old record when he played in his 2,131st consecutive game on September 6, 1995, between the Orioles and the California Angels in front of a sold-out crowd at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

To make the feat even more memorable, Ripken hit a home run in the previous night's game that tied Gehrig's record and another home run in his 2,131st game, which fans later voted as Major League Baseball's "Most Memorable Moment" in MLB history.






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It is also the birthday of one Bruno "Big Tits" Phflagnovich, born 1954 in a small wooden cabin near Walla Walla, Washington.

Bruno is perhaps best known for having played the only professional baseball game in the history of the known world...in the nude. He came out as a pinch runner in the seventh inning of a game wearing only his cleats.

In a cruel twist of fate, Bruno was ejected from the game on the next play when his left cleat flew off during an attempted steal of second base, and landed in the second baseman's eye.(Although the second baseman received no permanent injury, he later sued Bruno in civil court for "Gross grossness of the grossest frickin' variety of grossness", and won.)