Bill Ripken is an Emmy award-winning MLB Network studio analyst involved with shows such as MLB Tonight & other programs. Bill Ripken is a 12 year MLB veteran beginning in 1987 with the Baltimore Orioles. Bill (along with his older brother Cal Jr.) run Ripken Baseball which owns & operates 4 youth baseball complexes, as well as the Aberdeen Ironbirds which is the Orioles Class A Affiliate. Also a co-founder of the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation.