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Originally Posted by BoarsHeadRob
Now that Favre looks like he will not continue on with his streak.. Nevermind which athlete hurt their team more by continuing their streak when they should have just taken a day or two off, but which do you think is more impressive?
Brett Favre - 291 Consecutive Starts over 18 years of service in NFL
Cal Ripken - 2632 Consecutive Starts over 16 years of service in MLB
Remember, football is a much more grueling sport as far as injuries are concerned, but the shear amount of games that a baseball player must participate needs to be considered..
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no question its favre, playing QB in the nfl, all the hits he's took, and not once missing a game
all ripken had to do was show up, he could go 0 for 4 and have no balls hit to him all night and still get credit for playing in the game
yeh ripken played or had to play in more games but he could just DH somes nights to "rest him" and still keep the streak