The Cal Ripken conspiracy theory: how Kevin Costner and a power outage play into his Iron Man streak

There's an old internet rumor that the Baltimore Orioles rigged a power outage to delay a game and keep Cal Ripken, Jr.'s consecutive games streak alive - allegedly because he fought Kevin Costner. Which parts of this conspiracy theory are (or at least might be) true, and which are total nonsense?

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