[Alberta's Child]

I agree with you 100%, and I've said for years that he would have been a much better player if he had simply taken some time off every now and then. The real clue to this is that his best season was only about 4-5 years into something like a 20-year career, and he was pretty much in a long, slow decline from that point forward.

[Mase]

"The real clue to this is that his best season was only about 4-5 years into something like a 20-year career, and he was pretty much in a long, slow decline from that point forward."
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I guess it depends on how you define "slow decline". I don't see it here. How do you define it?

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/ripken/bal-ripkencareerstats.htmlstory