So, the other day, I was kicking back, watching one of those Kevin Costner baseball flicks. You know the ones, like ‘Field of Dreams’ or maybe ‘For Love of the Game’. Always gets me thinking about the real legends of the sport, the guys who lived and breathed baseball.
That kind of sent me down a bit of a path, just thinking about baseball history. Somehow, the name Cal Ripken Jr. popped into my head. Man, what an absolute machine that guy was. Playing game after game after game… it’s hard to even wrap your head around it.
Looking Into It
I got a little curious. You know how sometimes you find these interesting little crossovers between different worlds, like movies and sports? So, I decided to just do a quick search, see if there was any connection between Costner, the movie baseball guy, and Ripken, the real-life Iron Man. I spent some time just clicking around, reading old articles and stuff about Ripken’s record.
And then I found something pretty neat.
It turns out Kevin Costner was actually at the game when Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig’s consecutive games played record. Yeah, seriously! He was right there in the stands at Camden Yards in Baltimore back on September 6, 1995.
Making the Connection
It wasn’t like some huge, hidden secret or anything, but it was definitely news to me and I thought it was pretty cool. Here’s the gist of what I figured out:
- Costner, who obviously has a thing for baseball given his movies, made a point to be there for that massive historical moment in sports.
- People saw him there, just like any other fan, watching Ripken take that victory lap during the long ovation.
- It wasn’t part of filming a movie or anything official like that; seems he just went because he appreciated the game and the history being made.
Finding that little piece of trivia was honestly pretty satisfying. It’s just cool to picture this big movie star, known for baseball roles, sitting there watching one of the all-time great baseball moments unfold live. A nice little intersection of Hollywood glamour and true athletic grit. Just thought I’d share that little discovery from my digging around.
