Which of these records is most likely to stand the test of time?
Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point game
Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak
Wayne Gretzky's 2,857 career points
Jerry Rice's 208 career TD's
Cal Ripken Jr.'s 2632 consecutive games played streak
Other: list it in thread
Which of these records is most likely to stand the test of time?
Last edited by HumnHilghtFreel; 03-01-2007 at 11:52 AM.
Cy Young's 511 wins.
Makes all the routine posts.
I second that.Originally Posted by Redsland
"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it." Cal Hubbard
I was actually considering putting a *don't vote for Cy Young* disclaimer, as I think it's a given with the landscape of the game that one is untouchable.
Too late.
Makes all the routine posts.
Will White's 75 complete games while pitching for Cincinnati in the 1879 season looks like a fairly safe record to me. He won 43 games that season as well-just ask RFS62, who I believe was in attendance for most of them.
Note--I believe the "RFS62" stands for "Reds Fan Since 1862"; I know, I know, the Reds were formed as an all professional team in 1869, but cut the guy some slack.
Last edited by RedsBaron; 03-01-2007 at 12:51 PM.
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
Hopefully Bonds gets indicted and he has to quit 21 homeruns into the season and that record becomes the hardest to break.
If he does get it, then I'm really going to become an A-Rod fan, I tell ya. He needs to hit 50 a year for the next decade.
I say Ripken's streak will never be broken, for the simple fact that it isn't necessary to play every single game for 20 years.
If I didn't read the first couple of posts on this thread first, I would have voted "other" and voted for Cy Young. As is, I'm going with Gretzky. That's second in line of the "untouchable" list for me.
'When I'm not longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg.'
-Snoop on his retirement
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Byron Nelson's 11 majors in a row.
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That, and the fact that luck played a huge part in Ripken's streak.
"I prefer books and movies where the conflict isn't of the extreme cannibal apocalypse variety I guess." Redsfaithful
Yep. You hardly see players playing a full 162 games...you'll never again see one who does it for 20 straight years, or whatever it was.
We'll burn that bridge when we get to it.
Wasn't Majors, was just 11 PGA Sanctioned events in a row.
Other
37 Combined 1st and 2nd place finishes in Majors, held by J. Nicklaus
Whoops, thanks for the update Highlifeman. Now, can you help me with my swing, too?
Anyway, I still think it can't be touched even if it isn't majors. Heck, Tiger got just over half way there and it was a big deal.
I think the Nicklaus record, while also untouchable is almost a little too esoteric. It just doesn't have the jaw dropping inprobability for the casual fan that, say, 56 games in a row does.
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