The first book I read this summer was a non-fiction piece written by Cal Ripken Sr., called the Ripken Way. There are many ways in which mr. Ripken posseses qualitites that are very human: he was a normal person, just like anybody else, not just an extraordinary baseball player and manager; he was married to a wife and had four children. He was a hard worker, and through out the book he has an emphasis …showed first 75 words of 907 total…

…showed last 75 words of 907 total…to the hospital. In conlusion, Cal Ripken was a very tough man, and also a very hard worker, which was why he was so successful. In his book, working hard and not giving up is stressed a lot of times, because hard work is what got him where he is today. There were man lessons learned from reading this book, not only for baseball, but for life as well. Bibliography The Ripken Way Cal Ripken