Speaking of Cal Ripken..

I'll go on to say something that you Baltimoron's would never fathom with your limited mental capacity. You people are so far in the forest, you can't see the trees.

Ripken's consecutive game streak? Obviously the result of Cal's legendary work ethic? Think again.Ripken shared steroids in the same clubhouse with Brady Anderson, Rafael Palmeiro, Manny Alexander, David Segui, etc He was teammates with some of the biggest steroid users but yet he had nothing to do with them.

There's no reason to assume that Cal collected more total bases and posted a higher slugging percentage in 1996 than he had in the five previous seasons with the help of anything other than good old fashioned elbow grease. Look at the stats, Cal's numbers went up when he was in his 30s and spiked during Brady Anderson's monster 50 home run season. Also, google Cal Ripken and Kevin Costner together to see why his streak should have an asterisk next to it.