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PAWTUCKET -- Hall of Fame baseball player Cal Ripken Jr. is visiting Rhode Island, where he'll be honored for participating in the longest game in professional baseball history more than 25 years ago.

Ripken will be at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket this afternoon. In 1981, the stadium had a marathon game between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings that spanned 33 innings and was played over two nights.

Ripken, a longtime shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles, played for Rochester at the time. He is known as the "Iron Man" for breaking Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played.

The PawSox don't play today. They return to the home field tomorrow to play the Columbus Clippers.
Ripken also will discuss a crime prevention initiative pairing law enforcement officials with at-risk youth at a meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General in Providence today.

-- The Associated Press

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