Originally posted by NoontidalTo many words.
Hehehe, I've read through a notable contingiency of posts prior to posting at all. I'm well aware of those of whom you speak, while certainly board seniority provides certain priviledges and alligiences including the Mod Squad backing, it also makes you overrate so-called 'blasts'. I also understand that my current(temporary) status as a non-sub also ear ...[text shortened]... ll in fact be such. Nontheless, I still claim ninjas as inherently the most evil.
Originally posted by GalaxyShieldbonds will beat that record , hes just passed babe ruths
I agree, unbelievably how many games he played in a row.
I don't think Hank Aaron's record will actually ever be broken. The only people who stand a chance would be Pujols and A-rod. We'll have to wait years to see if they can actually pull it off though.
Originally posted by boarman*Cough* Injecting, swallowing, rubbing, spraying, and ingesting steroids all over his body not to mention lying under oath about it *Cough*
Thank you, how slack of me.
Why will Bonds need a "*" next to his name?
Now that I think about, maybe he should have two "*" next to his name.
Originally posted by GalaxyShieldHow correct you are.I guess his record when he does eventually achieve it will be tarnished.
*Cough* Injecting, swallowing, rubbing, spraying, and ingesting steroids all over his body not to mention lying under oath about it *Cough*
Now that I think about, maybe he should have two "*" next to his name.
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Originally posted by PocketKingsObviously, it would take an extraordinary individual to break Ripken's consecutive game record, but I don't think that consecutive game streaks are as unbreakable as a lot of people believe.
what records are there that think will never be broken? it doesn't have to be sports.
but for example - with all the wimps in sports today who need rest days and can't play when they break a nail, i don't believe that Cal Ripken's consecutive game streak will ever be broken
We were all told (while growing up) that Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak would never be broken, but sure enough, it was...shattered, in fact.
And the sportwriters of the 1920s and 1930s said the same things about players then that sportwriters and fans say about players today.
If you read Bill James' books, you can find any number of quotes from "old time" players from, for example, the 1890s, and how they said that players of the 1930s just didn't measure up to the boys they had played with, and that players of the 1930s found any excuse to sit out a game with a minor injury.
One thing that's not often mentioned about Gehrig's streak is that, during the 1925-39 period of his streak, only in 1931 did Gehrig actually play every inning of every game (he did play one game that year in RF while Babe Ruth played 1B, but Gehrig did not sit out a single inning that year).
Ripken established an 'unofficial' record by playing 8,243 consecutive innings, (about 915 games worth) or the equivalent of just over 5 1/2 years worth of 9 inning games. Baseball does not officially recognize 'consecutive inning' records.
During those 2,130 games, Gehrig was relieved by a pinch hitter 8 times, by a pinch runner 4 times, and by a first baseman 66 times.
Consecutive game streaks are vulnerable precisely because human characteristics such as determination and the ability to play with pain can be applied to breaking them. 'Performance-based' records, such as Cy Young's 511 wins, are probably much tougher to break in the long run... and obviously, unless some drastic change is made to the way the game is played today, Young's 511 wins is completely safe. Ripken's record would be broken before Young's is ever approached.
DiMaggio's 56 game streak has never really been approached either... hitting streaks like that would be really tough to break because of increased media pressure.
There are many other odd-ball type fluke records that will certainly not be broken any time soon, such as Owen Wilson's 36 triples in one season.
Johnny Vander Meer's record of two consecutive no-hitters would be tough to break, since doing so would require a pitcher to hurl THREE consecutive no-hitters.
Originally posted by TheBloopUnbroken records.....UCLA's 10 national championships
Obviously, it would take an extraordinary individual to break Ripken's consecutive game record, but I don't think that consecutive game streaks are as unbreakable as a lot of people believe.
We were all told (while growing up) that Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak would never be broken, but sure enough, it was...shattered, in fact.
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Originally posted by Chessplaya548Yes, especially over a 12 year period, as they did.
Unbroken records.....UCLA's 10 national championships
Although if college basketball is played long enough, someone will eventually get to that TOTAL (at some point far into the future...of course, UCLA themselves have added to their own total as well, and now have 11 National Championships, after beating Arkansas around '95 or so).
I'm sure that their record of 7 CONSECUTIVE National Championships will not be matched.