On their podcast, TheRumorBW, samdingman and maccabeem investigate one of baseball's most salacious urban legends. They spoke with joedelessio about Cal Ripken Jr., Kevin Costner, and this moment of 'peak conspiracy theory'
Cal Ripken Jr., center, in the Baltimore Orioles dugout on the night of August 14, 1997. Photo: TED MATHIAS/AFP via Getty Images On August 14, 1997, the Baltimore Orioles baseball game against the Seattle Mariners was postponed because some of the lights at Oriole Park at Camden Yards didn’t properly turn on. This much isn’t in dispute. But the reason for that light malfunction is at the center of a salacious, widespread urban legend that’s been passed around by sports fans for decades.
Sam Dingman: With an ample amount of agita, to be sure.
Like you said, Mac, we’re in this unfortunate peak period for conspiracy theories, including ones that are much more harmful than the one about Ripken and Costner. How did reporting on this change the way you look at the phenomenon of conspiracy theories? Dingman: There is a moment that we refer to as the “knuckle shadow” moment, where we’re staring at this B-roll footage from the local news that was at the stadium that night. It’s literally like five seconds of video where Cal is in the dugout and they’re looking up at the lights to try to figure out what’s going on. And from a narrative standpoint, it’s this fascinating moment, because on the one hand, it proves Cal’s alibi. Like, okay, he was there.
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