Attendance dropped below 3 million in 2002, the year the legendary Cal Ripken retired, and below 2 million by 2008.

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In Cal Ripken-fashion he has missed just 15 of 2, 600 shows--and those only because he suffered an airplane crash and an aneurysm.

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Cobbs and UNLV's Anthony Marshall each went 1 for 2 on free throws before Marshall hit a pair to trim Cal's lead to 62-61.

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But in any case, Cal Ripken, of course, won two MVP awards, played in 2, 632 consecutive games and really stood for a lot of the virtue in baseball, and a lot of the good things that baseball represents to a lot of people.

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