he is a best-selling author and the president and ceo of ripken baseball, inc. the company's goal is to grow the love of baseball from a more grassroots level. established in 2001, ripken baseball represents cal and his brother bill's business and philanthropy dealings and focuses on several subsidiaries: ripken management and design, youth camps and clinics, cal ripken, sr. foundation, ripken professional baseball, with three minor-league teams—the aberdeen ironbirds (affiliated with the orioles); the augusta greenjackets (affiliated with the san francisco giants); and the charlotte stone crabs (affiliated with the tampa bay rays)—and ironclad authentics.