So now that Favre's streak is over...

Which streak is more impressive, Brett Favre's 297 consecutive starts or Cal Ripken Jr.'s 2,632 consecutive games played?

While I think Favre's streak is very impressive, I'd have to give the nod to Ripken. Playing basically everyday for a 4 month period for 17 seasons is just mind boggling in my opinion. What is your guy's take on the two streaks?

Favre... are you serious in baseball all you do is sit and stand around, while in football you actually have to move and get hit. The injuries Brett Favre has had and the will to never give up makes it a better streak than Cal Ripkens

ripken. favre shoulda been benched this year earlier on but the vikes didnt have anyone willing to. the nfl might as well "suspend" him now for his jenn sterger bs. because the streak is over and favre is done. xbox360isgr8t

Favre... are you serious in baseball all you do is sit and stand around, while in football you actually have to move and get hit. The injuries Brett Favre has had and the will to never give up makes it a better streak than Cal Ripkens

deuce4eva

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Favre... are you serious in baseball all you do is sit and stand around, while in football you actually have to move and get hit. The injuries Brett Favre has had and the will to never give up makes it a better streak than Cal Ripkens

Blu_Falcon37

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Favre... are you serious in baseball all you do is sit and stand around, while in football you actually have to move and get hit. The injuries Brett Favre has had and the will to never give up makes it a better streak than Cal Ripkens

xbox360isgr8t

There are only 5 QB's to ever start more then 100 consecutive game, yet you make it sound easy.Obviously Favre's streak is more impressive; every Sunday the QB is getting run over by defensive lineman. Now times that by 19 years. Baseball? Not so much.

Ripken. If Farve gets injured he has a week, and sometimes two, to get healthy and on the field. If Ripken gets the same injury, and misses a week, he probably missed an entire series or two.No_Hablo_Ingles

Seeing what QBs go through in comparison to baseball players....Favre's easily.

[QUOTE="xbox360isgr8t"][QUOTE="Blu_Falcon37"]There's a reason why very few baseball players play all 162 games in a season. You can see many football players playing every single game of a 16 game season. Yes football players get beat up but baseball players are also beat down, not by players but by the season itself.

limpbizkit818

There are only 5 QB's to ever start more then 100 consecutive game, yet you make it sound easy.Obviously Favre's streak is more impressive; every Sunday the QB is getting run over by defensive lineman. Now times that by 19 years. Baseball? Not so much.

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[QUOTE="xbox360isgr8t"] this is so true.Blu_Falcon37

There are only 5 QB's to ever start more then 100 consecutive game, yet you make it sound easy.Obviously Favre's streak is more impressive; every Sunday the QB is getting run over by defensive lineman. Now times that by 19 years. Baseball? Not so much.

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There are only 5 QB's to ever start more then 100 consecutive game, yet you make it sound easy.Obviously Favre's streak is more impressive; every Sunday the QB is getting run over by defensive lineman. Now times that by 19 years. Baseball? Not so much.

limpbizkit818

[QUOTE="No_Hablo_Ingles"]Ripken. If Farve gets injured he has a week, and sometimes two, to get healthy and on the field. If Ripken gets the same injury, and misses a week, he probably missed an entire series or two.limpbizkit818

ripken, he didnt just continue to play for no reason

Which streak is more impressive, Brett Favre's 297 consecutive starts or Cal Ripken Jr.'s 2,632 consecutive games played?

While I think Favre's streak is very impressive, I'd have to give the nod to Ripken. Playing basically everyday for a 4 month period for 17 seasons is just mind boggling in my opinion. What is your guy's take on the two streaks?

ripken, he didnt just continue to play for no reason

munchlax99

[QUOTE="limpbizkit818"][QUOTE="No_Hablo_Ingles"]Ripken. If Farve gets injured he has a week, and sometimes two, to get healthy and on the field. If Ripken gets the same injury, and misses a week, he probably missed an entire series or two.No_Hablo_Ingles

So it looks like Favre might go on the IR for the rest of the season. Do you know what that means?

His last pass was an interception. AGAIN!

This means he has to come back. Right? Right!?

I shouldn't say "better"... more impressive is the better word to describe it.

Ripken. If Farve gets injured he has a week, and sometimes two, to get healthy and on the field. If Ripken gets the same injury, and misses a week, he probably missed an entire series or two.No_Hablo_Ingles

Ripken. If Farve gets injured he has a week, and sometimes two, to get healthy and on the field. If Ripken gets the same injury, and misses a week, he probably missed an entire series or two.No_Hablo_Ingles

Those aren't likely injuries in Baseball... Baseball injuries are usually head injuries from bats and balls or ankle injuries from running bases or sliding into them.. Football is more physical, however, for how long a baseball season is it's unlikely for any player to play in every game. If a player rolls their ankle the wrong way in Baseball, they will probably miss a series or two, the same can not be said for Football players.No_Hablo_Ingles

Quick question: how many players this past season were significantly injured by flying baseball bats or balls?TheGrat1

tyler colvin got pierced by a broken bat and it ended his season but that was only like 10 games or so.xbox360isgr8t

Meet David Huff. Hit in head after pitch, since Pitchers have less then 1 seconds to react after throwing the pitch if it comes there way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90LNLr4ge9c Meet Wade Korpi, Hit in head after pitch going over 100 MPH. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4sRejNFgmU&feature=related This happens on a weekly bases, however some pitchers actually catch it as a defense mechanism. The Difference between Baseball and Football is this. If you get injured in Football, you have a week to recover, and sometimes two, to keep your streak alive. Cal was not afforded the same luxury. Since he played 3rd Base and SS, when a line drive comes his way, it comes at 120 MPH. In which he has less then a second to react to. No_Hablo_Ingles

Soooo...2. Thats all you had to say. I only asked because I dont follow MLB anyway. You dont always have a week. Sometimes its 6 days if you played on Monday night, and sometimes its 4 days if you play on Thursday. And even with a week you still might not be able to go, or even worse, you could join the other 163 players placed on injured reserve this year.

The real difference is football injuries are far more dehabilitating, and far more frequent. The most damaging naturally occuring (as in, it has a relatively high probability of occuring, unlike being hit with a ball) injury I can think of is an ACL tear, like the one sustained by Chipper Jones. Sadly, even this injury occurs many times for frequently than it does in baseball.

Edit: Clean up the quotes. And I'm sure Mr. Huff is a very nice guy, but I am not much interested in meeting him. :P

No not just two. Am I suppose to keep track of every player that gets hit that occurs in the 1000+ Baseball games that is played in a single season? I'm sorry that I'm not some Sadist who keeps personal records of every serious baseball injury so that I can jack off to later.

Baseball players don't even get the luxary of 4 days most of the time. Usually you have a day or two max before the next game.

Ever heard of Tommy John Surgery? It's a tearing of the UCL.

Far more dehabilitating? I'd take your Ray Lewis Hit that Equipment takes most of the damage and raise you a 130 MPH pitch to the head. I'd take your two players colliding at 15 MPH in football, again equipment takes most of the damage, and raise you two outfielders going the same speed or faster WITHOUT helmets and Shoulderpads to take some of the force away. I'd take your Elbow Tendonistus and raise you a player tearing their UCL and having to gets tendons from elsewhere to replace it (that's what Tommy John Surgery is).

Do Football players get injuried more frequently, for the smaller sample size of games? Yes. That goes without saying. However Baseball players endure LONGER seasons which more then makes up for it. I would Gurentee more NFL players play all 16 NFL games then MLB players play all 162.

[QUOTE="xbox360isgr8t"]tyler colvin got pierced by a broken bat and it ended his season but that was only like 10 games or so.No_Hablo_Ingles

think about how tough it is to play every game in a season for each sport and then multipy by number of seasons.

Favre imo.

Favre isn't even the real record holder. Jeff Feagles played in 352 consecutive games.

I've been following pro sports for nearly 15 years. I still can't consider baseball a physically-demanding sport (except maybe pitchers, and they play about once a week) no matter how many games they play during the season.

Holding that thought, Ripken's record is impressive because it's a big number and all that, but football is in a whole other league. Hockey would be a close second, because, while it's not as hard on the body as football, they play 82 games per season.

Favre's is much more impressive than Ripken's.

I just looked it up in 2010 ONE PLAYER played in 162 games (I. Suzuki)... One compared to how many NFL players you ask? No idea, but I can name 3 players in the AFC at one position that have played all 13 games so far (Rivers, Brady and Manning). No_Hablo_Ingles

How many baseball players would play in their next game with a broken foot like Roethlisberger? Not many I would assume. You know why? Because like I said, they can afford to. Missing 5 or 6 games is irrelevant in the MLB season. It will barely make headlines. Missing just 2 games is monumental in the NFL so these players will go out and play through pain that they shouldn't try to, or get shot up to the point that they can't feel it, ruining their bodies in the process. For a baseball player its just not worth it to play through the kind of pain Favre suffered with his ankle this year to play in 1 or two more meaningless games. Plenty more baseball player could make it through an entire season if they would get shot up, or go back on amphetemines....but why bother?

Also, I see your 130 MPH pitches to the head, open field collisions, andTommy John surgery, and raise you PARALYSIS.

Sorry about the late response, haven't been on GSPOT for a couple days.

How many baseball players would play in their next game with a broken foot like Roethlisberger? Not many I would assume. You know why? Because like I said, they can afford to. Missing 5 or 6 games is irrelevant in the MLB season. It will barely make headlines. Missing just 2 games is monumental in the NFL so these players will go out and play through pain that they shouldn't try to, or get shot up to the point that they can't feel it, ruining their bodies in the process. For a baseball player its just not worth it to play through the kind of pain Favre suffered with his ankle this year to play in 1 or two more meaningless games. Plenty more baseball player could make it through an entire season if they would get shot up, or go back on amphetemines....but why bother?

Also, I see your 130 MPH pitches to the head, open field collisions, andTommy John surgery, and raise you PARALYSIS.

Sorry about the late response, haven't been on GSPOT for a couple days.

TheGrat1

I cant stand the guy but the Favre streak is the most impressive to me in all of pro sports imo. You are constantly getting crushed in the nfl on a weekly basis by 300 plus lineman. And for him to take so much punishments throughout the years and continue to fight is unfathomable to me.