make a comparison between dererk and myself uh uh real quickly um we have these things in common we both played Short Stop we both won the Rookie of the Year and in fact last night we both had the honor of presenting the Rookie of the years uh to MLB we both played on one team for our entire career we both won a World Series I had one he had a lot more than one um we both were fortunate enough to be raised by terrific um parents in solid homes and because of that similarity that last similarity we were both encouraged to use the platform that baseball provided us to give back and make a difference in the lives of young people we do our work through the foundation named for my dad the Cal Ripken senior foundation and Derek does it through the foundation he started with his family the Turn 2 Foundation the work that the turn two Foundation has done since 1996 is making a tremendous difference for kids Nationwide and to be able to partner with him and his foundation to bring this amazing Park to kalamazo is so special Derek understands that as amazing as his accomplishments were on the field the Legacy He is building with the Turn 2 foundation will even be more gratifying so on the field we shared some moments I competed against Derek for about five almost six years uh we played and that includes uh the playoffs as well he uh introduced me to a young kid by the name of Jeffrey Mayer who turned his Fly ball to right field into a home run that ended up beating us in uh in that playoff series um I still have a problem with that he was there the last day of the streak you know I ended the streak uh um against the Yankees and he was the first one to notice what was happening which I thought was really cool and special and he got the Yankees to uh um to to realize what was happening and they all stood up and gave me a really nice Ovation so I'm very grateful for that um so I I guess Derek just congratulations on everything you've done on and off the field I'm am thrilled that our foundation collaborated on this wonderful project and hopefully we can do more important work together