Ernie Tyler Remembered At Ripken Youth Complex

Ernie Tyler made a significant impact on many Orioles fans.

Count Cal Ripken among them.

Ripken in Tyler were similar in many ways—their love of baseball, their love of Baltimore, dedication to family and their incomperable work ethics.

Monday, with Ripken and the late Mr. Tyler's family in attendance, Ripken Baseball honored the longtime Orioles umpires attendant. The longtime Harford County resident was remembered by unfurling the numbers coinciding with the consecutive games he worked on the replica warehouse at —in the same fashion the Orioles relayed the number of consecutive games Ripken played.

The numbers "3819" appeared beyond right field at the youth ballpark. 

"Ernie Tyler Way" was also unveiled at the intersecction of Ripken Way at the youth complex.

Tyler's streak of consecutive games logged behind home plate at Memorial Stadium and Oriole Park at Camden Yards came to an end when Ripken requested that Tyler join him in Cooperstown, N.Y. for his Hall of Fame induction in 2007.

He worked 51 years for the Orioles, including 40 postseason games, nine exhibitions and one All-Star game.

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Two of Tyler's sons continue to work as clubhouse attendants with the Orioles. Another of Tyler's sons and a grandson worked for the in their infancy. 

Tyler's son, Fred, threw out the first pitch of Monday's international game between Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

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