 
10/23/2002 11:26 pm ET
Ripken's streak voted No. 1 moment
Aaron's 715th homer, Robinson breaking color line next
By Tom Singer / MLB.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- One evening in early September 1995, hours removed from the defining moment of his own 21-year career, Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. made a casual observation. "The meaning of baseball," he had said, "is to look back on moments."
Little could Cal Ripken, Jr. envision at the time that fans would eventually look back and choose his as baseball's Most Memorable Moment.
Ripken's 2,131st consecutive game on September 6, 1995, breaking a record Lou Gehrig had held for 56 years and was considered beyond challenge, carried fans' vote as their most indelible memory.
"I'm just blown away that so many think mine was the most memorable moment," Ripken said minutes before the results of months-long balloting were showcased in front of a World Series crowd in Pac Bell Park.
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