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Originally Posted by Mr. Xevious
1. fuck Gibson (I think I covered that before)
2. Ripkins ironman record is a fucking sham. He did not play every inning of every game like Lou Gehrig did. Cal would play the 7 innings to get the full game in the books and pull himself out. He would even DH just to make sure to keep his streak running.
Gehrig played every inning of every game for that entire streak.
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Ripken = 2,632 games (1st), 8,234 consecutive innings (1st)
Gehrig = 2,130 games (2nd)
Buck Freeman = 5,342 consecutive innings (2nd)
I'd say Cal was the real deal... 502 more games than Gehrig, and almost 3,000 more consecutive innings over the 2nd place more than makes up for the DH position. And Gehrig certainly didn't play every inning of every game in his streak. Plus Ripken did it in the modern era with more games per season (meaning less down time to recover), and a higher level of competition. Remember Cal didn't just "show up", he also contributed (not to say Gehrig didn't). Even if the last few years when he moved to 3rd base and he wasn't producing as he had in the 80's, he was still more than just going through the motions.
IMO, Ripken's record is the last true record before all this current steroids nonsense. There's no friggen way you can try to asterik that one.