Earlier this week, there was a special visitor in the Cayman Islands.   In fact, we had the privilege to have Cal Ripken Jr. come and visit us in the context of a new book he wrote.

If you are not a baseball fan, you probably have no clue who he is! Well, he is a baseball icon (now retired) and hall of fame inductee especially because of one particular record he set.  He played over 2,600 consecutive games, over more than 17 seasons!  17!!!   So he is a model of perseverance and determination ; something is admire in a person.   This being Cayman, I knew that we could probably get to see him up close.

Se here he is (guy on right) giving his talk.  He also took some questions from the people who showed up, probably around 200 people by my estimate.  I of course snagged a front row seat for the event.

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After his talk, he signed copies of his new book and took pictures with his fans. It was a really nice event. So here I am with him.  Definitely nice that they had setup a whole “backdrop” instead of leaning over similar to what happens a most book signings.

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So a lovely evening at Camana Bay and Books & Books ; pretty awesome that they were able to get someone so high profile to visit this little island.

Here is also an article about the event in the local newspaper.

http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2013/03/13/Regular-guy,-sports-hero/