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Article: Iron Man Ripken makes first trip to disabled list
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 20, 1999
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Cal Ripken, baseball's Iron Man, was placed on the disabled list
Monday for the first time in his 19-year career because of a bad
back.
The Baltimore Orioles third baseman missed his fourth game this
season Sunday because of nerve irritation in his lower back. He was
placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to Sunday.
Ripken, 38, woke up in agony Sunday morning and received a
cortisone shot Monday and was advised to stay off the field for the
next couple of weeks.
Ripken is batting .178 and has five errors in eight games.
"Right now we're going with rehabilitation and therapy," Orioles
general manager Frank Wren said. "He will get a few more cortisone
shots, relax a little bit and take ...