Yes, leaving Memorial Stadium was hard, emotional. Ripken noted how strange, but familiar, it felt, driving on Greenmount Avenue and heading for the ballpark - something he was doing on an almost daily basis 25 years ago, but not anymore. Would you believe Boog Powell once hit a ball into some hedges way out there? he asked, smiling at the thought (and at Boog's power). Robinson, standing on home plate, looked beyond the outfield, at the white-painted houses that would sometimes make it hard for a batter to see the ball coming out of the pitcher's hand. Reuniting at (where else?) third base, on the field that now hosts youngsters learning to play the game on the same spot where both Hall-of-Famers began their major-league careers, the two men involuntarily flashed back to their Memorial Stadium years. Foundation's Memorial Field, on the site of Memorial Stadium, where the Orioles played from 1954 to 1991. 14, 2016, at third base of the Cal Ripken Sr. Brooks Robinson, 79, and Cal Ripken Jr., 56, photographed on Sept.
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