The last 300 game winners are Tom Glavine and Randy Johnson and they are not part of the current generation of pitchers. No one outside of really CC has a chance to hit 300. We wont see 300 unless CC can keep going which is unlikely given his body size. I guess I just think that using the word many in that context is just poor as it suggests that some people have a shot when in fact they don't. The small percentage you say is pretty much zero so it ain't even worth mentioning.
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Athletic/sports records that will never be broken
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The last 300 game winners are Tom Glavine and Randy Johnson and they are not part of the current generation of pitchers. No one outside of really CC has a chance to hit 300. We wont see 300 unless CC can keep going which is unlikely given his body size. I guess I just think that using the word many in that context is just poor as it suggests that some people have a shot when in fact they don't. The small percentage you say is pretty much zero so it ain't even worth mentioning.
vas_a_morir
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.353 in Japan is not nearly as impressive as it sounds. Josh Whitesell, formerly of the Diamondbacks, hit that in 2009 with the Swallows, and that was just 5th best in the league.
The untouchable one's I agree with there are Cal Ripken, Cy Young, and probably Bond's records.
If Ichiro Suzuki would have started his career in the states, I firmly believe he would have a very strong run at Pete's all time hits record.
Discounting last season where Ichiro has started to see his ungodly hitting go downwards, he was hitting over .330 easily (not sure about the exact number) career in the MLB. One untouchable record I'd like to add is Ichiro's 10 consecutive seasons of 200+ hits.
vas_a_morir
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We can't say for sure, but he would certainly have the best shot of anybody getting that record for a long time.
Yeah, the thing about him is he has never been hurt for an extended period of time and has been extremely consistent. Hard to say though how he would have started his career in the MLB. We will never know!
vas_a_morir
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It's almost tragic, isn't it? First Ballot HOFer for sure.
LOL the timing of this post could not have been better!
You're right. I just went through a couple of pitcher's bref pages and it does seem impossible. I looked at Halladay and he would need to average 19 wins over the next 6 years with him being already 34 years old.
Another record I could see being nearly impossible to get is Mariano Rivera's saves record. Relief pitchers are just too inconsistent from year to year.
Those old-timey pitching records will never be broken simply because the game has evolved so much. Pitchers just don't do that anymore so nobody will ever have the chance to break those records. Still, those are some incredibly impressive numbers, but you have to question the level of intensity back then.
Haha that's great
Oveja Negra
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Straight up robbery for Randy Bass and Tuffy Rhodes. Records are made to be beaten, even if it's not a Japanese person who beats them.
That's like refusing to pitch to Ichiro when he took the record.
JasonUresti
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Wilt's 100 point game.
His 50pts per game average for a season.
55 rebounds in one game.
Never fouled out of a single game.
Career average of 45.8 minutes per game.
Basically, most of Wilt's career will be untouched for a long time, as he was a once a generation athlete, and highly skilled at the sport he chose.
His 50pts per game average for a season.
55 rebounds in one game.
Never fouled out of a single game.
Career average of 45.8 minutes per game.
Basically, most of Wilt's career will be untouched for a long time, as he was a once a generation athlete, and highly skilled at the sport he chose.
Nothing is impressive against the Raptors.
JasonUresti
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Let's not even mention that Kobe did not have to deal with defenses that were allowed to box him up with three defenders, and to hack away at him with near impunity.
Ninja Scooter
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will Tebow break AC Green's record for most years as a professional athlete while remaining a virgin?
vas_a_morir
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It, in many people's eyes, tainted the record. Well, in many Tigers fans' eyes, anyway. lol
Woah, I like records that aren't broken because most people just aren't insane enough to try it.Highest Horse Jump Ever Recorded
vas_a_morir
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UnluckyKate
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9.00 for 100m Men. I can't see man breaking the 9 second barrier
I'm sure it'll happen in 75-100 years.
Lion Heart
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91 Poles for Schumacher.
nincompoop
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What about Peyton Manning? There can't be too many teams besides the Colts that he hasn't beaten.
EDIT Yeah I just checked, he's beaten everybody except the Colts. Depending where he goes next year he could be joining Favre on the list soon.
I can honestly see someone eclipsing all of the big ones. Sampras had slam the record for what? 3 minutes? Then along came Nadal who was supposed to surpass him.....and was abruptly stopped. Things change too quickly in tennis.
All it takes is another dominant player to enter the scene at the right time and you've got yourself a slam hoarder. Hell, the all-time slam record isn't even held by a man. I could easily see someone collecting 25 or more.
But the record that I don't see being broken is Ester Vergeer's win streak.
She is currently on a winning 444-match win streak....meaning that she hasn't lost a single match in NINE YEARS @_@ No one has even FLUKED a win against her. I doubt anyone will even get remotely close to breaking that.
JasonUresti
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Chamberlain had a career average of under two fouls a game. It was very rare for him to even get three or four fouls in a game. Wilt played the game clean.
I think if Nadal didn't cockblock him at Roland Garros year after year, he would be mentioned more. But even if he wins a couple more slams, his records are still within reach. IMO.
Epicus Failus
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From Usain Bolt's wiki: He ran the last 100 m in 8.70, the fastest ever recorded time over a 100 m distance. This would equal an average speed of 41.38 km/h.
41.38 km/h = 25.71 mph Dude...
Alaskanbullworm
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Al Bundy - 4 touchdowns in a single game
Forceatowulf
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And shitting on the Knicks is?
Nah, I think we'd be better off not mentioning how players were intentionally fouling every chance they got in order to regain possession and feed Wilt more lay-ups. Or how Kobe Bryant played against much better athletic competition.
Oh yeah and Kobe didn't let the Raps drop 147 on him on his way to his record either.
Can you see anyone equalling the 23 straight SF GS appearances? Number of consecutive weeks at number 1? Number of consecutive finals won?
Forceatowulf
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Also, no one is fucking with Michael Phelps 8 Olympic Gold.
Some of those races were totally out of his hands at times and seemingly took an act of god to get done.
Some of those races were totally out of his hands at times and seemingly took an act of god to get done.
god no
raptors were expressly instructed not to double team him because their coach wanted them embarrassed
coach benched jalen rose because he started double teaming him
if a coach doesnt willingly want to lose his locker room forever, kobe doesnt get there
mean while the knicks are fouling every single player whos not wilt to get the ball away from him and stop his run
Bill Simmons wrote about that in his book. Apparently, Wilt has never fouled out of a game, and was irrationally proud of that. The problem was, if he had five fouls in the 4th, he'd play matador defence.
But the one record that will truly never be broken is him playing every minute of every game plus overtime, netting him with one season of 48.5 mpg. There's just no way a player is left in like that.
Everything else, 50 RPG, batting .400, 200pt seasons in hockey, within the realm of dreams.
I actually think the 100pt game is in some ways the most achievable. You just have to have two mediocre teams with one guy gunning for it. I think Kobe averaging 35 pts a game was more unlikely than his 81 pt explosion. Only 5 players have hit 35ppg, but I bet any of them, if you told their team that everyone would get ten million dollars if their star got 100, could get their guy 100.
nextgeneration
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Cy Young's 511 wins. For heavens sakes, if you pitched 25 years in the majors and won 20 games every single season, you'd still be 11 wins short.
sf2fanatic
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Who?
Also Orel Hersh's consective scoreless inning streak..Stadiums are built to score runs IMO
lol, are they really doing a thing with Taker? Eli Manning should jump out and chair Taker, that'd be AMAZING!
What the hell was Goldberg's record?
JasonUresti
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Yeah, I mean, Kevin fucking Love putting up 20 and 15 really shows that great step up in athletic talent. Yep.
ClovingWestbrook
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Most impressive of all records? Wilt Chamberlain averaged 48.6 minutes per game for an entire season. There are only 48 minutes of regulation.
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