Talk:MLB consecutive games played streaks
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[edit] Tejada's number
Not sure any purpose is served by continuing to update Tejada's number during the season. Vidor 22:44, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
- Don't need to worry about that anymore. Vidor 05:46, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hideki Matsui
Certain individuals keep changing Matsui's numbers to 519 and 1,769 games, despite the fact that the game where he broke his wrist does not count in his streak, by MLB's own rule. THIS IS NOT SUBJECT TO DEBATE. I happen to agree that the rule is ridiculous. I happen to agree that the 11 May 2006 game where he broke his wrist should count in his consecutive game streak. BUT IT DOES NOT, by MLB rule. Wikipedia should reflect what is, rather than what we wish it to be. Unless the individuals who keep reverting the page to 519/1769 can show a source proving that MLB waived the rule and counted that last game, the number should not be changed. Vidor 20:13, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
- It's pure vandalism. It's one of the many personal obsessions of User talk:Ron liebman, a mass-sockpuppeter [1] who has hijacked the name of Liebman and several other SABR members, as well as many fake names and many IP addresses. SABR itself recognizes 518 as the number. It's not really about the number. It's just a typical vandal's game, except this one is more persistent than most, as this battle has been going on for nearly 6 months now. Baseball Bugs 05:50, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cal Ripken
The entry for Cal Ripken needs an asterisk. Ripken was idle during a substantial portion of the 1994 season on account of a strike. In my view, that breaks his consecutive game streak, so he did not beat Gehrig's record. Gehrig never took a summer off. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.13.1.111 (talk) 05:53, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- "In my view" is called POV-pushing. See if you can find a valid citation for such an argument. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 06:43, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- Following up, relative to similar comments on another page, neither Ripken nor any other full-time player was "idle during a substantial portion of the 1994 season". The season ended on August 12th. And he didn't "take the summer off". The season was shortened by roughly 7 weeks. Also, Gehrig got to play roughly 8 fewer games per season in his day, due to 154 vs. 162 game schedules, so in some ways Gehrig had it easier. In any case, MLB owns the records, and they say Ripken owns the streak, and dat's dat. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 07:11, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
