September 6, 1995 - Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltomore, MDAnd so it was that on September 6, 1995, before a packed house at Oriole Park at Camden Yards ("The House That Cal Built"), Cal Ripken, Jr. passed the magical mark established by the heroic and tragic Gehrig nearly 60 years before. When the game became official after the top of the 5th inning, Ripken took a well-deserved victory lap around the park and into the record book.
Ripken would go on to play 2,632 straight games before removing himself from the lineup before a game with Gehrig's old team, the Yankees, in late September of 1998. Ripken retired after the 2001 season, having cemented his place among baseball's immortals.
