Ryan Ripken

Yeah, no, I appreciate you saying that because there's so many ways that you can do this now.

Heck, just like picking up this thing now, that's a form.

And I'll be honest too, Rob, the ironic thing of this whole situation is I hated being on camera in front of a mic or anyone knowing too much information about me growing up.

Now, probably that had more to do with the fact that I came into a family and my dad was in the middle of breaking, I guess, something that people thought was pretty remarkable, but he just showed up for work every day.

Rob, I mean, come on.

What's so special about playing 2,632 straight games, let alone then breaking Lou Gehrig's record before that for 2,131, 21-31?

So I felt like people were...

always interested in, in our, in our family's lives.

And mainly just because of what my family had accomplished.

And I also want to shout out my uncle Bill.

Meanwhile, he's had an unbelievable broadcasting career and people forget he was a 12 year MLB veteran.

So where I'm going with all this is, um,

all of that made me want to hide a little bit.

And when I finished playing, I realized I love working with people.

I have the gift of gab is what my mom says.

And my dad, I can talk with the best of them.

Probably need to shut up more, to be honest.

But I enjoy it, and I love it.

And honestly, I'm glad you noticed the name tag before I even got there.

Because, Rob, you know why it started?