Ken Burns Baseball

Things that make you go "hmmmmm?"

 

They're not the same person. Lisa told me.

 

Nobody fucks with baseball ... or Doc.

 

Agreed. But it's 2,632 consecutive games.

Props to anyone who can get the number of the Japanese player's streak that Ripken broke in 1996 without looking it up ...

 

2 that are more unbreakable in baseball -- single-season wins, career wins..

 

Aw, damn it.

I know Oh's home run total, but not the games record.

 

Buck, my guess is 2,205 -- just a shot in the dark, figuring Ripken would have to have played at least 2,160 by the end of 1995.

 

Pretty close. It was 2,215, by Sachio Kinugasa. Ripken played his 2,216th straight in Kansas City on June 14, 1996.

 

Buck I honestly think you know all this off the top of your head. You are a true ManGenius.

 

I'll be damned. I doubt I'll ever remember that. In baseball tryouts in high school, I was the only one of 75-plus guys to correctly answer this question from my coach: Who is Sadarahu Oh? At 17, I knew the years he played and how many home runs he hit. One of the proudest moments of my life, however sad that may be.

 

Praise from Caesar.

 

Then shortly after you were cut? Just kidding, thats really cool not a lot of people would know who he was especially at 17.