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Marc S.A) A lot of the people voting were closer to my age (26)which unfairly skewed the results to events within the past 20 years.
B) As has been discussed elsewhere (CU forums), though Ripken's achievement was very, very memorable, it was more of a continuation of something special than an actual "moment".
Nonetheless, I think the whole thing turned out pretty well. Surely most people seem to have forgotten the devil incarnate Selig in the process, which can only be good for baseball.