Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Oriole cancels sessions after State Department issues travel warning for country Cal Ripken Jr. is suspending his baseball clinics for Nicaraguan youth because the U.S. State Department issued a travel warning for the country.
ESPN (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Cal Ripken Jr.'s baseball clinic in Nicaragua was cut short on Tuesday due to political unrest.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Cal Ripken Jr.’s baseball clinic for Nicaraguan youth was canceled by its sponsors Tuesday because protests surrounding local election results were hindering travel.
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. is suspending his baseball clinics for Nicaraguan youth because the U.S. State Department issued a travel warning for the country.
MLB (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Ripken's Nicaragua clinic cut short
Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
Cal Ripken continues his work for the State Department with a trip to Nicaragua. He'll be blogging for MASN during his visit: Cal Ripken Jr. will travel to Nicaragua on behalf of the State Department from November 13-18 to bring...
Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
... Juan Castro, Freddie Bynum, Alex Cintron, Brendan Fahey, Luis Hernandez or Eider Torres for Cal Ripken last season. Hernandez won the job out of spring training and performed so badly that he was demoted after a month … and wacked from the organization shortly after that. Manager Dave Trembley seethed all year as his shortshops committed a ghastly 28 errors and countless more mistakes that...
SI.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) -- Program sponsors cut short a baseball clinic being taught by Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. for Nicaraguan youth on Tuesday because of protests surrounding disputed local elections.Ripken and Nicaraguan native Dennis Martinez were expected to take their baseball clinic to Leon this week for a one-day class. Since last week, the two former major leaguers have provided...
Consul-At-Arms (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
All Headline News Ripken To Visit Nicaragua As State Department Baseball Envoy October 30, 2008 2:00 a.m. EST AHN Sports Staff Baltimore, MD (AHN) - Hall-of-Famer Cal Ripken Jr. will visit Nicaragua from November 13-18 to continue serving as American Public Diplomacy Envoy, Ripken Baseball and the U.S. State Department announced Wednesday. Ripken will be in the Central American...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
WASHINGTON -- Cal Ripken, Jr. will visit Nicaragua from November 13-18, the second trip that the baseball great will make in his role as an American Public Diplomacy Envoy for the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
Cal Ripken, Jr. will visit Nicaragua from November 13-18, the second trip that the baseball great will make in his role as an American Public Diplomacy Envoy for the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
Former teammate D. Martinez will join Hall of Famer on goodwill mission After a 21-year Major League Baseball career that took him from Baltimore to Cooperstown, Cal Ripken Jr. says that he's still amazed at where the sport continues to lead him.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
Cal Ripken, Jr. will visit Nicaragua from November 13-18, the second trip that the baseball great will make in his role as an American Public Diplomacy Envoy for the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
He will make the trip with Nicaraguan native Dennis Martinez, who played with Ripken on the Baltimore Orioles. Martinez, nicknamed "El Presidente", played for Baltimore, Montreal, Cleveland, Seattle and Atlanta. In 1991, as a member of the Montreal Expos, he tossed a perfect game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
Cal Ripken, Jr. will visit Nicaragua from November 13-18, the second trip that the baseball great will make in his role as an American Public Diplomacy Envoy for the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
