In his new book, "Just Show Up," written with James Dole and published last month, Baltimore Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr. shares a mix of experiences from both his playing days and the business ventures he has undertaken during the last 20 years.
"The success we've had and the lessons learned from those two models, the interest was to make a comparison to the baseball world and the business world," Ripken said on Glenn Clark Radio May 31. "And I can speak the language a little bit better. ... We brought up stories that make a point, but the idea was to make it simple and make key points and just share the lessons that I learned in business and on the field."
Ripken dedicates an entire chapter to the unwritten rules of sports and exploring how to play sports fairly, an idea he got from his father, Cal Ripken Sr., who famously despised the hidden ball trick, a play in which a defensive player deceives a baserunner as to where the ball is and tags the runner out when they step off the bag. The play is entirely legal, but in Cal Sr.'s eyes, using the trick was deceitful and dishonest.
