Tuesday; July 29
Only July 29, 1983, Steve Garvey ended a National League record consecutive games streak. At that point he had played 1207 games in a row. That sounds pretty impressive doesn’t it – until you think about what Cal Ripken did. The Oriole infielder played in 2632 consecutive games – that’s more than twice what Garvey accomplished. So, what do we do – do we diminish what Garvey just because it wasn’t as impressive as what Ripken accomplished? No way! Garvey didn’t call in sick for work for almost seven and a half years! That’s pretty amazing in and of itself! I think we can learn about life from baseball. Have you noticed how easy it is to compare one person’s accomplishments to another’s? Yet is that really fair? When we compare one person or feat to another, we tend to estimate value and, in most cases the comparison is not fair or even reasonable. What could happen if we honored everyone’s accomplishments on their own meri...