Orioles Fan Is Eight Tickets Short of Completing Ripken Streak Collection
A dedicated Baltimore Orioles fan has spent 28 years collecting tickets from every game of Cal Ripken Jr.'s record 2,632 consecutive-game streak, and is now only 8 tickets shy of completing his collection.
Wichita Falls & Lawton, TX, October 23, 2026 —
A dedicated Baltimore Orioles fan is eight tickets short of completing a collection spanning Cal Ripken Jr.’s record 2,632 consecutive-game streak. The fan has spent 28 years collecting tickets from every game in the streak.
The collection is close to complete, but the summary of the story does not identify which eight tickets are missing or explain how the fan acquired the tickets over the past 28 years. It also does not provide the collector’s name, age or location.
Ripken’s streak is described in the available information as a record, and the collection is tied specifically to tickets from games played during that run. No further details were provided about how the tickets are stored, whether they are original or reproductions, or whether the collector attended any of the games.
The information does not specify when the collection began, when it may be completed, or what the fan plans to do once it is complete. It also does not identify the source of the update that the collection is eight tickets short.
For now, the reported milestone is the remaining gap: after 28 years of collecting, eight tickets still separate the fan from a complete set covering every game of Ripken’s streak.
Story summarized from the original created by R.J. RICO, Associated Press on www.texomashomepage.com, see more information here.
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