I understand that he was a phenomenal player and should be an easy first round HOF entrant, but what is the big deal with the streak?
I understand that showing up and playing every day is somewhat of an accomplishment, but it is held up there with some of the greatest sports feats of all time and I think that is sad.
First and foremost, how many guys actually shoot for this record? Most don't care. If everyone was trying for it, don't you bet there would be at least a dozen others (maybe more) that would have achieved the consecutive games? This was pretty much a 5 man competition (assuming 4 others care) and he won...big deal.
In choosing to shoot for such a record, is it not possible that playing through nagging injuries, soreness, etc might have caused Ripken's contributions to lack at times? What if with proper rest he would have been 10% more productive in his career, would that diminish the record?
2006-11-28
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