BALTIMORE — For Ryan Ripken, conviction has replaced uncertainty.
Such a statement might seem strange for the son of Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr. who turned stardom at Baltimore's Gilman School into seven seasons in the minor league system of the Washington Nationals and Orioles. But that link to his famous father raised the bar to seemingly impossible heights for Ripken, who is in the early stages of carving out a career in sports media.
“It’s weird. Maybe for the longest time playing, I was used to constantly realizing that I was not going to meet certain people’s expectations,” he said. “I had self doubt. With this, I don’t doubt myself. I have confidence that I can be really good at this.”
