How is Ripken's moment not a moment, but Hank Aaron's is...? One moment, he didn't have the record. When the fifth inning was completed, he did have it. Yes/no. It's a moment. If he'd been hit by lightning right before the third out, he wouldn't have had the record. He would definitely have had the most memorable moment in that case, but no record.
I didn't say Aaron's was a moment either. A memorable achievement, but not a moment. Gibson's HR, Thompson's HR, Fisk's HR, Larson's perfect game, Gerhig's speech, Robinson's appearence on the field...those are moments.
if we're talking just "MOMENTS"...i would say bobby thomson's shot heard round the world... but sometimes moments are the culmination of lifetime achievements...so i'm more inclined to talk about Aaron's record.
Saying it brought back the fans to baseball isn't an opinion. It's either true or not true. And its simply not true. It would be fan, singular, if it was your opinion, and it brought YOU back to baseball.
i realize we're arguing semantics here and it's really off topics...but there are a variety of factors attributed to what brought fans back to baseball...absent some comprehensive study polling attitudes of fans who came back to baseball, the weight you assign any one of those factors is subjective...aka opinion. when he says "ripken's streak brought people back to baseball" it's an assertion he can't validate with fact...but it's certainly not a lie. it's a conjecture...subjective, for sure...and ultimately, it's his opinion. as a sidenote, for those interested, i will be defining the word "is" around 3:30 here today. thank you.
I wish Pete Rose would have won. How great would it be to have the greatest moment belong to the guy who is banned from baseball.
Man that kid reaching over the railing and grabbing the ball for a homerun was a bigger moment. Does Cal deserve respect for what he did- of course, but #1
Ripken being on the field for the start of the 2131st game is not a moment. Aaron going yard is a moment because he hit a homerun, he had to do something special, not walk onto a field.
