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Yep, Chipper Jones said that he could turn on a jet engine if he timed it right!
44 games left to play after last night with an 8.5 lead over the Phillies…..
Magic number is now 36 for any combination of Braves wins and Phillies losses to clinch first place in the NL East….
"Teacher says that every time the Phillies lose, an angel gets its wings!"
G0 Braves, let's sweep those lousy, stinking Mets!
With Olson hitting 900 consecutive games played I decided to break out the abacus.
The record is of course Ripken with 2,632. Gehrig is second with 2,130.
2632 - 900 = 1732.
1732 \ 162 = 10.69. Lets call it 10.
So to break Ripken's record Olson would need to start every game for the Braves or whomever until he was 42 years old. Extremely unlikely.
Third place on the list is 1307 games played. I can see Olson making it that far. 3 more seasons or so he will get that one.
Being third on the list all time would be quite the feather in his cap. I think he can do it.
Cal Ripken, jr. was 41 years old when he retired….. still an outside chance….
But you are correct, being third on that list with only Gehrig and Ripken, Jr. ahead of you would be an amazing accomplishment!
Definitely pulling for Matt!!!!
Didnt realize he was quite that old but that also makes sense. It is a longevity thing.
More from the abacus.
2632 \ 162 = 16.24
This means you could play everyday for 16 years and still not catch Cal. You would still need a quarter of a season.
These kinds of guys are unicorn special. Essentially playing their entire careers never getting injured or missing any time.
If Olson gets hurt tonight I didnt do it @donniem
LOL. I feel ya!!
I wonder what the "rules" are about a streak like this. If you start a game but don't finish, does the streak stay alive. If so, if he gets a little owie, could he start a game and come right out after one batter or one pitch? '
If he DHs, would that count as a game in the streak? If he PHs, would it count?
Curious minds and all that.
I am fairly positive that Cal Ripken, Jr. would sometimes enter a game, play one inning or take one at bat then get substituted for, and it would count as a game played……I don't think he did it often, but pretty confident that it happened that way a few times.
That was a heckuva strike'em out, throw'em out play to end the first inning ….. until it wasn't 😓
Did Elder think forget it was a game and think he was throwing BP? What a horrid performance. Happens to them all from time to time. Not fun to watch, at all.
I'm a huge Ripken fan and followed his career closely (always has been my favorite player all time). This is the first I've heard of this. If it did indeed happen, likely well after passing Gehrig.
You are probably correct…..but as I said I remember it happening so it may be after, as you say, he passed Gehrig.
In any event, they still counted it! …. Wondering , if he ever DH'ed ? I believe he retired after the DH was instituted…I watched the game when he broke the record….they stopped play and he ran around the whole outfield waving to the crowd!
It was amazing!
Ripken played 8,243 consecutive innings, shattering the previous record of 5,152, which was held by 19th-century infielder George Pinkney. Ripken started the streak within a streak on June 5, 1982, and played every inning until he was removed for a defensive replacement on Sept. 14, 1987. With the Orioles trailing the Blue Jays, 17-3, manager Cal Ripken Sr. took the opportunity to finally get his son some rest, replacing him at shortstop with future Rangers skipper Ron Washington in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Ripken’s streak nearly came to an end before he set the all-time record, as the shortstop considered sitting out after waking up with knee stiffness on June 7, 1993. The previous day, Ripken twisted his knee during a benches-clearing brawl with the Mariners after Mike Mussina plunked Seattle’s Bill Haselman with a pitch. He ended up taking the field that night and went 1-for-2 with two walks against the A’s.
Took the best bits from the article above.
So yes Ripken did come out on extremely rare occasions.
And this shows how truly an iron man he was, not settling for a token appearance to keep streak alive. That was the point I was trying to make. Great info here and thanks for posting.
My dream world series is a Braves vs Orioles matchup one day!
Oh yeah I was curious myself. I was sure he had come out at some point in some games. But it wasn't much and for sure takes nothing away from the accomplishment.
Gehrig had a few similar circumstances I would have to believe.