For decades, he’s hunted tickets from Cal Ripken’s ‘Iron Man’ streak. Just 8 elude him

Baltimore Orioles fan Rick Taylor looks through his collection of tickets from almost every baseball game of Cal Ripken Jr.’s 2,632 game “Iron Man” streak, at his home in Reisterstown, Md., Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)Baltimore Orioles fan Rick Taylor holds a ticket from the first baseball game of Cal Ripken Jr.’s 2,632 game “Iron Man” streak, at his home in Reisterstown, Md., Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)Baltimore Orioles fan Rick Taylor shows the log that he uses to track his progress in collecting tickets from every game of Cal Ripken Jr.’s 2,632 game “Iron Man” streak, at his home in Reisterstown, Md., Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)Baltimore Orioles fan Rick Taylor thumbs through his collection of tickets from almost every baseball game of Cal Ripken Jr.’s 2,632 game “Iron Man” streak, at his home in Reisterstown, Md., Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)Baltimore Orioles fan Rick Taylor holds two newly-acquired tickets to add to his collection of tickets from almost every baseball game of Cal Ripken Jr.’s 2,632 game “Iron Man” streak, at his home in Reisterstown, Md., Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

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Baltimore Orioles fan Rick Taylor looks through his collection of tickets from almost every baseball game of Cal Ripken Jr.’s 2,632 game “Iron Man” streak, at his home in Reisterstown, Md., Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)