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...down although he's playing in a park that seems designed to maximize his talents? Forget about the fact that Ripken is one of the greatest shortstops of all time; he's a great batter, performing feats far above what most players, let alone shortstops, could dream of doing with the stick. And he's only 32 years...
After all this, I may seem to have abandoned my original point: Defense matters. But with Ripken, I don't think the point takes further explanation...
...like how a player can act as a role model for children, refusing to throw a tantrum in the direction of the umpire for every called strike or in the direction of the scorer for an error with which you don't think you should be charged. Ripken's most high-profilead campaign? Cal drinking milk...
...live in a tough world and baseball is, for most of us at the game's margins, a fantasy life. Ripken's fantasy, to quote him talking to Thomas Boswell, is to stick around the game long enough to eventually "hear some kids playing and have one say. 'I'm Cal Ripken...
...really care if Ripken posts .300 this year. With all of professional baseball's problems--imagined and otherwise--here's one gentleman we shouldn't be complaining about...