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Cal Ripken Makes Surprise Visit to Pocomoke High

Former Baltimore Orioles baseball Cal Ripken made a surprise visit to Pocomoke High school yesterday afternoon.

The visit was the result of a social media campaign a few months back trying to get the former players attention.

Ripken told WBOC that the effort was definitely creative noting that he had never been the object of such a campaign.

Besides baseball Ripken talked with the students about embracing life and change.

Jacob Glovier, who is a member of the Pocomoke baseball team, said Ripken was his childhood idol.

 

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Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.