On May 30, 1982, Cal Ripken Jr. played a solid game in the
infield for the Baltimore Orioles. He did it again the next game and the game
after that and the next game, too. According to the NY Times Ripken didn't miss
a game for 16 years.
Baseball's legions of statisticians have made it easy to
track Ripken's achievements — as well as those that are far more obscure. (Who
held the Orioles' club record for most consecutive games until Ripken broke it
on May 4, 1985? Does anyone care? No matter, it's in the books: Brooks
Robinson, another superstar infielder, with 463 games.)
Making money is, arguably, the true national pastime of the
United States. While the financial game isn't always analyzed with quite the
same lan as baseball, Paul T. Hickey, co-founder of the Bespoke Investment
Group, has unearthed a noteworthy financial streak — one that is still under
most people's radar….
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