Lou Gehrig's record stood for half a century, and it felt like it had been there forever.
Cal Ripken Jr.'s record has stood for 20 years, and it feels like...wait, has it really been 20 years since that fabulous night when he passed Gehrig by playing in his 2,131st consecutive game?
"It seems like yesterday in one way," Ripken said. "And then there's the realization that it's been 20 years."
Twenty years. It's a lifetime for the guy who might be the best shortstop in baseball today. Carlos Correa was born two weeks after the game that changed Ripken from a great player headed to the Hall of Fame into a legend with a nickname.