Tête-à-Tête-Tête

Well, that seems to be what is in the media today. I would personally love to see the movie because I was a Marvel comics fanatic when I was a kid (no, …not DC…Marvel)

I am not going to talk about Tony Stark though…I am going to talk about the Iron Man record held by Cal Ripken who surpassed Lou Gehrig in order to claim the mark…which currently stands at 2,632.

I have never been a big fan of this record. Its hard to talk to baseball people sometimes and say that because they will look at you with disgust. But I was watching the game and Carey and Simpson echoed my beliefs on the matter so I thought I would bring it up.

Right now, Frenchy has the current Iron man record for active players…but what does that mean?

Yes, It tells your manager that you will play hurt…that is great. But what about the other guys in the dugout? Like Skip said…the object is to win games…so if Frenchy or Cal…or Andruw was not entirely healthy enough to play then why sacrifice the efforts that the other 8 guys do out on the field so that one guy can have his record entact?

Ripken made “cameo” appearances in order to prolong his streak. He also had back problems…medical problems…along with that huge multi-million dollar contract…and he wouldnt even allow his own team to review them.

How is THAT for a team player??

The “record” was more important to Cal than the “team” was…that is why I am not a big Cal fan…I think he changed the position…he changed the game for that matter…but, from a managers perspective, …thats like trying to win with one hand tied behind your back.

To hell with records, streaks, whatever….that is what is SUPPOSED to make them special…its that the BEST player is in the game to help the team win…whatever happens from there…well, it happens.

…and with no asterisks.

Me?? …well, I would rather watch the movie.