What records

[Slayer 0]

Favre's ironman streak

I'm guessing you mean just for QBs, right... 'cause I can name Jim Marshall, Mick Tinglehoff and Bruce Matthews off my head as having more consecutive games than Favre

[nl5xsk1 0]

Slayer, admit it ...

 

... you just wanted to type "Tinglehoff" in a post. Right?

[Slayer 0]

It just rolls off the tongue doesn't it

[Vern Gagne 0]

Chief Wilson's single season triples record.

 

Barry Bonds .609 OB in 2004.

[Guest BobbyWhioux]

Ty Cobb hit .367 for his career. Barring a revolutionary rules change that ridiculously unbalances the game (like 5 strikes for an out or 60 foot base paths), that's about as untouchable as it gets. [i think he also might hold the record for most .400 seasons. He had at least three, and at least two of those were consecutive. There might be records there too.]

 

The other records that jump out at me are Wayne Gretzky's scoring records. Something like 230 in a season? And like, what over 2000 for his career? Fogeddabout it.

[C Dubya 04 0]

From the first post, I gotta disagree. I think that Jack's majors record is easily within Tiger's reach. He's halfway there and I think that he's either 29 or 30. With Tiger's conditioning and golf in general, Tiger is likely to have up to 15 more productive years. That is not even a major a year to set the record. I think that Tiger will pull it off. I think that he's always listed that as a goal.

[alfdogg 0]

The Pistons' record of 186 points in a game.

[Gert T 0]

Pardon the spelling error that will occur, but how close do you think Posednik will get to Ricky's 130 steals? If Chicago is running away the division all year, he may have a shot.

[Bored 0]

Podsednik is on pace for 80-85 steals so he's no where close. He'll never get on base enough to make a serious run. That's a big reason why Rickey was able to steal so many because he was on base so much. Vince Coleman conceivably could have stole more than 130 in a season but the guy just wasn't a good hitter so he just didn't have nearly as many opportunities.

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

From the first post, I gotta disagree. I think that Jack's majors record is easily within Tiger's reach. He's halfway there and I think that he's either 29 or 30. With Tiger's conditioning and golf in general, Tiger is likely to have up to 15 more productive years. That is not even a major a year to set the record. I think that Tiger will pull it off. I think that he's always listed that as a goal.

I disagree until he hits more fairways...any other year he won't get away with missing that many at Augusta, and he sure as hell won't last at a U.S. Open, or a PGA with the way they're revamping.

 

PREDICTION: Tiger's cut streak will end at Pinehurst. He will, however, win at St. Andrews to seal POY honours, despite a combine 11 wins this year from Singh and Mickelson.(six for Vijay including the PGA, five for Phil including the US)

 

The Pistons' record of 186 points in a game.

 

Kind of cheating, but 184 points in a losing effort will never be touched.

[Guest Redhawk]

Rickey Henderson's 130 steals in one year won't be topped because the game isn't played the same way as when Rickey set that mark. Stolen base numbers have been going down for years, I'd assume because why get caught stealing when you can wait for the next guy to hit a homer?

 

Lenny Moore scored a touchdown in 18 straight NFL games. I don't see that ever happening again.

 

I think Joe Louis has the record for consecutive successful title defenses with 25 or so. Bernard Hopkins has 20. I don't think anyone will get close to either of those numbers, because either they wouldn't fight as often as Louis, or won't stick around until they're 40 like Hopkins.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Rickey Henderson's 130 steals in one year won't be topped because the game isn't played the same way as when Rickey set that mark. Stolen base numbers have been going down for years, I'd assume because why get caught stealing when you can wait for the next guy to hit a homer?

 

Not in today's environment, but it is impossible to tell what baseball will look like in thr future. No one stole bases in the 1950s before Maury Wills came along.

[Jorge Gorgeous 0]

Rickey Henderson's 130 steals in one year won't be topped because the game isn't played the same way as when Rickey set that mark. Stolen base numbers have been going down for years, I'd assume because why get caught stealing when you can wait for the next guy to hit a homer?

 

Lenny Moore scored a touchdown in 18 straight NFL games. I don't see that ever happening again.

 

I think Joe Louis has the record for consecutive successful title defenses with 25 or so. Bernard Hopkins has 20. I don't think anyone will get close to either of those numbers, because either they wouldn't fight as often as Louis, or won't stick around until they're 40 like Hopkins.

I can see the second two go down, but the Henderson one seems like its damn near untouchable. Though, like AK said, you never know what baseball will look like in the FUTURE!!!

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

I would actually say that it seems like SBs are going back up with guys like Posednik and Crawford are running a lot..but 130 is pretty much untouchable.

 

Another:

 

I dont think anyone will ever hit 5 HR in 1 game. I know Mike Cameron came really close a couple years ago, but just the fact that its not really that easy to get 5 ABs in a game makes it seem not very possible.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Coldest NFL game ever, AFC Championship, Chargers at Bengals. -57 degrees with the wind chill.

[CanadianChris 0]

An ESPN article made me think of this, but no one will even come close to beating Byron Nelson's 11-tournament winning streak.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Coldest NFL game ever, AFC Championship, Chargers at Bengals. -57 degrees with the wind chill.

The rest of the league should be grateful Chicago's rarely a home team that late in the year. Were the Colts not in a dome, there'd be some sick winter football there.

[Guest Redhawk]

Whoever has the record for longest tenure with one team. Guys like Reggie Miller, Dan Marino and Cal Ripken don't come along anymore. I think the only person who might stick around with the same team for 15-plus seasons is Derek Jeter.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Whoever has the record for longest tenure with one team. Guys like Reggie Miller, Dan Marino and Cal Ripken don't come along anymore. I think the only person who might stick around with the same team for 15-plus seasons is Derek Jeter.

Sure they do. You've already mentioned Derek Jeter.

 

The record though is at least 23 seasons, and I think either Carl Yastrzemski or Stan Musial has it.

[CanadianChris 0]

A streak that will likely never be equalled ended today, as Tiger Woods will miss his first cut in 143 tournaments.

[Guest Redhawk]

Whoever has the record for longest tenure with one team. Guys like Reggie Miller, Dan Marino and Cal Ripken don't come along anymore. I think the only person who might stick around with the same team for 15-plus seasons is Derek Jeter.

Sure they do. You've already mentioned Derek Jeter.

 

The record though is at least 23 seasons, and I think either Carl Yastrzemski or Stan Musial has it.

Who else could you think of that may challenge that record?

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Whoever has the record for longest tenure with one team. Guys like Reggie Miller, Dan Marino and Cal Ripken don't come along anymore. I think the only person who might stick around with the same team for 15-plus seasons is Derek Jeter.

Sure they do. You've already mentioned Derek Jeter.

 

The record though is at least 23 seasons, and I think either Carl Yastrzemski or Stan Musial has it.

Who else could you think of that may challenge that record?

No one at the moment. The problem is not only staying with one team, but being good enough to even play for 23 seasons.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

I can't imagine any MLB pitcher beating Jack Chesbro's WS-era record of 41 wins in one season.

[Red Baron 0]

No one is going to have as many shutouts as Terry Sawchuck did.

[Red Baron 0]

To Al:

 

Do you think Eric Gange consecutive Save Completions would ever be broken?

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

To Al:

 

Do you think Eric Gange consecutive Save Completions would ever be broken?

I hope not. I want to see managers put their closers in challenging situations and not adhere too stringedly to only using closers in "save" situations.

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

No one is going to have as many shutouts as Terry Sawchuck did.

I disagree. Better goalies, more trap, less pure scorers(although the last one's debatable). This one may fall.

 

No one will come close to Gagne.

[Danville_Wrestling 0]

I doubt anyone will ever win a Major by 15 shots like Tiger did at the 2000 US Open.

Tiger's win by 15 shots at Pebble Beach in the 2000 US Open actually isn't the record for winning margin in a major championship. The 1862 British Open I believe was won by 18 shots and I'm sure that record isn't coming down anytime soon.

 

Also, I think Joe's hitting streak in baseball @ 56 games is pretty safe and even with 3-pointers and free throws in today's NBA no one is going to score 100 points in a game.

[Guest Crazy Dan]

Joe DiMaggio's hit streak will probably never be broken. When he did this, pitching strategies were different and the reliance on a solid bullpen/closer was not as utilized as it is today. Also, pitchers used to be left in games for more innings, so a great hitter like DiMaggio had better opportunities to figure out the pitches and hit them.

 

Cy-Youngs wins records. Mainly because starters pitch far less than they used to. Also, as I mentioned above, pitchers often were left in to get out of jams. So even if a pitcher gave up many runs, he would still pitch a good amount of innings. If his team was able to make a comeback, he was still the pitcher when this occured, hence the opportunity to win more. Today starters often get yanked if they have a bad inning (giving up 4 runs on no outs, for examples). Also, starters make less starts than they used to, so throw these two factors in and Cy Young's record is pretty safe.

 

Cal Ripkin's Iron Man streak. An incredible feat, but I think that baseball has realized that it is better to give players a day off every now and then to rest tired/hurt players. I just don't see managers not giving a day off here and there to their players. Also, Cal was incredible tough and would have played with every bone broken in his body if given the opportunity.

 

Wilt's 100 - The way the game is played today, you just don't see that high a point total anymore. I think the highes point total I remember was David Robinson going off for 72. A spectacular feat that unfortuantely had no TV coverage to allow people to see the highlights, oh well. Also, his sleeping record also will not be broken either, well Ron Jeremy might lay claim, but I digress.

 

Barry's 73 Homers. Well the era of the roids is over and so I see the home run champs hitting closer to 45 dingers a year and not the the crazy totals that Sosa, McGuire, and Bonds did.

 

Nolan Ryan's strike out record. Just not as many opportunities to pitch. Also, when Clemans, who has a few seasons left, is still 1000+ strikeouts behind Ryan, I just don't see this one being broken.

 

Ted Williams 400 average. Tony Gwynn came the closest in 1994, before the strike ruined the chance, and even he was still about 10 points behind. Also, today MLB plays more games than back in Williams day. Just like any sports season, near the end you begin to wear down and often your production weans a bit. This is what I believe will happen to any hitter who goes for this one. They will get close, but the laws of averages just dictates that your average will go down.

 

Pete Rose hits record. Today's game just has too many factors against a pure hitter to get close. Pete I heard has 5 grand riding on his record never being broken.

 

Abdul Jabbar's total points scored. Karl Malone is number two on the list, he played most of his career at a high level and he still did not come even close to touching this one. Also, with the East teams being defense oriented these days and scoring gone way done, and the advent of the lower percentage 3 pointer, players are scoring less, most of them at least. So the opportunities to average enough points/season and the fact that Kareem played for 20+ seasons, I don't see any players who will do this. Heck, Shaq is the most dominate player of this era and he is not even close.

 

Last but not lease, winning 30 games in a season for a starter is also pretty safe, too. Less starts and use of bullpen to yank pitchers struggling during games. The games needed to start to be able to do this are just not there.

[Dandy 0]

Pete Rose hits record. Today's game just has too many factors against a pure hitter to get close. Pete I heard has 5 grand riding on his record never being broken.

 

If this is not a joke and is a serious rumor...um, when and how exactly would that pay off? If the record is ever broken, he is out his money. But barring baseball shutting down forever, it could never pay out to him. I'm guessing this has to be a joke?