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Ripken? Schmipken; I’ll take Favre every time
I’ll take Nicklaus over Palmer, Magic over Michael, Russell over Chamberlain, Rose over Cobb, Brooks Robinson over Mike Schmidt, Ken Anderson over Terry Bradshaw, Calvin Murphy over Isiah Thomas, Baron Davis over Steve Nash, The Rolling Stones over the Beatles …
… And I’ll take Brett Favre’s streak of 275 consecutive starts for the Green Bay Packers OVER Cal Ripken Jr.’s streak of 2,632 straight starts for the Baltimore Orioles every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Folks, it ain’t even close. There shouldn’t even be a debate, but what the heck. I’ll go ahead and toss it up there.
Baseball players pick daisies in the noon day sunshine. Football players trek on frozen tundras.
Baseball players deal cards in the clubhouse when it rains. Football players strap on their shoulder pads & go to battle.
Most baseball plays fail to get a hit at least 7 of 10 times at the plate and make HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS. Most football players put their lives on the line on every play and make HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.
Baseball players hurt their poor lil’ pinkies. Football players get their bones crushed.
Like I said…It ain’t even close.
I eagerly await some responses from my loyal blog readers.
Let me pause, now, and give it up to WONE’s Mark Schlemmer. The dude knows baseball inside and out.
On his “On The Mark” blog, he lends a helping hand to Cincinnati Reds General Manager Wayne Krivsky by hammering out the Reds’ pitching rotation.
“Hey, Wayne, let me help you,” Schlemmer writers. “STARTERS: Harang, Arroyo, Fogg, Cueto and Belisle. BULLPEN: Affeldt, Coffey, Burton, Weathers, Cordero, Mercker. That’s 11.”
Thank you, Mark, for helping Wayne solve his pitching problems.
Check out “On The Mark” at:
http://www.wone.com/pages/onair_onthemark.html
email cludwig@daytondailynews.com
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By ms
March 9, 2008 7:37 PM | Link to this
It is clear by your list you are “over the hill” and hanging out in Football Locker rooms way too often…Has Marvin finally got to you?? Favre over Ripken?? Simple math tells you Ripken’s streak is more impressive…He played everyday not once a week,,and as for injuries,,one hit by pitch..bad slide or pulled muscle stops his streak…You compare a baseball player failing to get a hit 7 out of 10 times to a football player?? That is still more contact than any Bengal makes…If they make a play or tackle once out of every 10 chances it’s a miracle….All this time I thought you were smart…Next thing you know you will be telling me UD deserves an NCAA Bid and Brian Gregory should be Coach of The Year…I’m surprised your “list” didn’t include Binnie over Bird…Ripken everytime Mr. Ludwig..By Rob Evans
March 11, 2008 2:00 PM | Link to this
That whirring sound you hear is Si Burick spinning at 1500 RPM. Can’t they both be great? No? Okay …. Baseball players pick daisies? Dude - I was in the stands when Willie Blair got his jaw broken on a come backer in Cleveland. Hitting’s no picnic either - my favorite story from the past couple seasons is Kevin Frandsen (SF Giants) gets hit with a pitch in AAA game one night, gets called to the bigs the next day - hits his first MLB homer with a broken jaw. Eric Davis lacerates his kidney diving for a ball in the 90 WS. KG Junior can’t go through an airport metal detector without the screws holding his bones together setting off a detector. I was willing to let your comments go at you just trying to stir the pot until the fervored “they put their lives on the line” play. Please -standing in the box against Randy Johnson is everybit as dangerous as lining up against Ray Lewis. BTW - I really admired the bone crushing hit favre took from Strahan a few years back. Was that the foxtrot or the waltz? You don’t have to belittle Ripken to portray Favre as the incredible athlete that he is. That’s just goofy. Hmmm - Ludwig or DeFord? It ain’t even close.By ginkeep
March 29, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this
I think we need to double check Schlem’s “managerial” record in the minor leagues. From my research it’s not true! By the way, I heard Digger Phelps owns Mark Schlemmer…By ginkeep
March 29, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this
Looks like Schlem’s “On The Mark” is a little “Off The Mark”