On the MLB network I watched a sports documentary about Cal Ripken Jr. For those of you who aren’t baseball fans, Cal Ripken Jr. is a Hall of Fame shortstop who played his entire career for the Baltimore Orioles. He exhibited a number of Hall-of-Fame-worthy statistics, one of which was being one of only 32 players in the history of the game to accumulate over 3,000 hits in his career (3184 to be exact). You could argue that the 3000 Hit Club alone earns your place in the highest echelon of baseball greatness. That, however, is a feat that has been and will be repeated again. There is a completely different streak that Ripken is much better known for, one that any baseball expert worth his or her salt would tell you that there isn’t a snowball’s chance of being repeated…ever. You see, from 1982–1998, Cal Ripken Jr. played in 2,632 consecutive games. Let me say that again…every single game, for sixteen full seasons.
