What Sport Records Will Not Be Broken

[bigboydan]

i was talking to some friends of mine last night. the topic came up with the rollins hitting streak stuff.

i said cal ripken's iron man record would never be broken. theres no way in hell we will ever see anything like that anymoe in this day and age.

what other streaks don't you feel will ever be broken?

[RickySteve]

Every record will be broken.

[bigboydan]

i disagree ricky. the one i mentioned above is untouchable in this day and age.

another record that nobody will ever come close too is John Wooden's 7 straight NCAA basketball championships, or his 10 straight final 4 appearences.

[moses millsap]

Vince Spadea's 21 match ATP losing streak.

[onlooker]

Records are made to be broken. Maybe not in our lifetime, but they will eventually be approach and broken.

[bigboydan]

your crazy looker.

theres no way anyone in baseball will break Old Hoss Radbourn 59 wins in one season record. the pitchers nowadays only get roughly 35 starts per year.

[kalmikrazy]

ONE record that will be broken in my lifetime as I see it will be OU's 47 game foots streak. As long as its a traditional college powerhouse, I would not mind that.

[tacomax]

Records are made to be broken. Maybe not in our lifetime, but they will eventually be approach and broken.

If the records are in terms of physical performance then yes, no record is safe since people will get bigger, faster, stronger etc. etc. But there are lots of records our there which are untouchable purely due to logistics (like Radbourn's record) or simply because they are so incredible that they won't be repeated, possibly due to changes in the nature of a particular sport over time.

[Willie Bee]

Owen 'Chief' Wilson's 36 triples in 1912.

Nolan Ryan's 5,714 career strikeouts.

Just breaking into the top 100 for IP in a single season, much less breaking Will White's 1879 mark of 680 IP, will never be broken. White had 75 complete games that season, fuhgedaboutit!

Joe Nuxhall's mark for youth being served by appearing in an MLB game at age 15.

Connie Mack's records for managerial longevity: 53 seasons and 7,755 regular season games.

[moses millsap]

One that I highly doubt will ever be broken is Vander Meer's back to back no hitters:

June 11, 1938 - Johnny Vander Meer, Cincinnati Reds 3 Boston Bees 0
June 15, 1938 - Johnny Vander Meer, Cincinnati Reds 6 Brooklyn Dodgers 0

[moses millsap]

Also don't think anybody will ever hit 5 home runs in a game (4 is the record, done 15 times, lastly by Delgado in 2003)

And not sure if anybody will ever break Skiles' 30 assists in a game.

[The Great One]

i was talking to some friends of mine last night. the topic came up with the rollins hitting streak stuff.

i said cal ripken's iron man record would never be broken. theres no way in hell we will ever see anything like that anymoe in this day and age.

what other streaks don't you feel will ever be broken?

I disagree with this as anyone playing baseball can break this record if they truly want to. This record has absolutely nothing to do with talent just longevity. baseball is a game where as a position player you shouldn't get hurt that much. Not to mention, if you decide to take a few days off in the season, all you have to is DH once and its like you played 9 innings according to the record book.

Edit: I should add that I played baseball for roughly 10 straight seasons as has millions of people that are not pro's. There are not as many games, but I never missed a game either. Not really that hard. Like I said, if someone as a 20 year old rookie set their minds to it, they could do it quite easily.

[RickySteve]

There isn't one record that has been mentioned which has a 100% chance of standing for the next 100 years.

[bigboydan]

There isn't one record that has been mentioned which has a 100% chance of standing for the next 100 years.

ricky, please explain to me how anyone could possably break this record.

Old Hoss Radbourn 59 wins in one season record.

[onlooker]

theres no way anyone in baseball will break Old Hoss Radbourn 59 wins in one season record. the pitchers nowadays only get roughly 35 starts per year.

Well maybe records like that. The change of the game has made that one pretty impossible to reach.

But who knows what the game will change to in the future. So who really knows?

[rm18]

That no hitter record has a 100% chance as well. Also no one will get 55 rebounds in a game ever again.

A ton of other Chamberlain records, 100 points, leading league in ass, reb. pts., 50.4 points, and other rebounding records

17 blocks would also seem tough today.

[The Great One]

I never even haead of that guy but yet he wins 59 games in a season. that shows you just how real some of these old time baseball crap goes. I won't say what alot of you are expecting me to say right now, but you know its true.

[The Great One]

Peyton mannings 49 TD in a season will fall probably to Peyton manning again before some kid that is 5 years old right now who is patterning his every move after Peyton will break it in 2030.


I'm a Peyton Manning guy, but to me it doesn't sound like too impressive of a record because if the truth be known he could have had more TD's and also could have had les if he would have given it to James on the 2 a handful of times.

[Stumpage]

I'm thinking these 2 will never be touched, not in this day and age or beyond:

*Most innings pitched in a season: Ed Walsh, 464 in 1908
*Most innings pitched in a game: 26, by both starting pitchers in a game between Boston and Brooklyn in 1920 (Leon Cadore and Joe Oescheger)

[Stumpage]

Also, not really a record I realize, but Dave Stieb two starts in a row coming within 1 strike of a no-hitter in 1988. Last 2 starts of the season I believe. Sort of a nightmare version of the Johhny Vandermeer feat.

[Willie Bee]

There are not as many games...

You had me in your corner until you said that. I agree that with better conditioning today, not to mention increased schedules in EVERY pro team sport, there should be better opportunity for athletes to break games played streaks, consecutive and otherwise. Ripken's record being broken stands a much greater chance than Vander Meer's two no-no's on my list.

But the fact is that pro baseball does indeed play more games than the other sports. And that would tend to give a player more chances of taking a game off. A whole lot easier for reasons and opportunities to present itself to a manager to give his best player a game or two off over the course of 162 than it is for an NFL coach to sit one his studs for an entire game when there's but 16 on the regular season schedule.

The game of baseball may not be as body-on-body physical as some of the other sports; certainly football has more violent contact in-game for the body to withstand. But there is a grind to baseball that really shouldn't be so easily dismissed and pooh-pooh'd. A lot of ballplayers go at it eight months a year or more now on one professional level or another. Hell, there are kids here who play year-round in these select leagues.

[bigboydan]

What about pistal pete marivich's 44 point average in a season record.

thats a record that has not even been challenged at all since he set it. the part that really is scarry about that record is, he set it without the 3 point line.

[Chuck Sims]

Every record will be broken.

Not the back to back no-hitter record. If someone throws 3 straight no-hitters, I will then believe there really is a god and he's a pitcher.

[ourbet]

English Premiership soccer team Arsenal's 2003/04 season, where they didn't lose a single match (in the league) can be equalled but never broken.

[SBR_John]

Nolan Ryan's 5,714 career strikeouts.

[bigboydan]

i gotta agree with you on this one John.

Even though it's probly an obtainable record to beat. i just don't see anyone playing that long being injury free, and the pitch counts these pitchers are on. randy johnson is in his 40's, and he's not even really all that close.

[The Great One]

You had me in your corner until you said that. I agree that with better conditioning today, not to mention increased schedules in EVERY pro team sport, there should be better opportunity for athletes to break games played streaks, consecutive and otherwise. Ripken's record being broken stands a much greater chance than Vander Meer's two no-no's on my list.

But the fact is that pro baseball does indeed play more games than the other sports. And that would tend to give a player more chances of taking a game off. A whole lot easier for reasons and opportunities to present itself to a manager to give his best player a game or two off over the course of 162 than it is for an NFL coach to sit one his studs for an entire game when there's but 16 on the regular season schedule.

The game of baseball may not be as body-on-body physical as some of the other sports; certainly football has more violent contact in-game for the body to withstand. But there is a grind to baseball that really shouldn't be so easily dismissed and pooh-pooh'd. A lot of ballplayers go at it eight months a year or more now on one professional level or another. Hell, there are kids here who play year-round in these select leagues.

In the context I said it, i was comparing the 162 game MLB season to when I played 10 straight years. I'm saying there was obviously less games for me because at that level you don't play 162 gamees, but I still never missed a game and don't find it that difficult because it is just about longevity and not talent.

I undertstand the grind they go through, but it can also be a grind to get up every morning at 6 AM and work 7-5 for 30 straight years fsr more than 6 months out of the like ball players. In a way, thats the same kind of grind and even more difficult for the average man who is not being pampered left and right like professional athletes are. When you get to work, you know there is not a great chance of breaking your leg or getting a concussion, but it still doesn't make it easier because it is just so repetitive.

[Dark Horse]

I doubt that we will ever have a more imbecile government than W's, but nothing is impossible. He never intended this record though, which is the point. Competitive records will be broken. Just a matter of time. A coach that wins ten out of eleven championships is nice for the record books, but it isn't a competitive record, in the sense that he set out to achieve it. No medals for that. Same for Ripken. Just a stat. No medal to show for it. It means nothing, so why should anyone try to beat it?

[RickySteve]

English Premiership soccer team Arsenal's 2003/04 season, where they didn't lose a single match (in the league) can be equalled but never broken.

Undefeated in a longer season.

[RickySteve]

ricky, please explain to me how anyone could possably break this record.

So you'll bet against it at any odds?

[Mudcat]

How about NHL goalie George Hainsworth posting 22 shutouts in his 44 games in the 1928-29 season..

I don't see any first string goalie ever topping 50% shutouts over the course of a season.

[onlooker]

How about NHL goalie George Hainsworth posting 22 shutouts in his 44 games in the 1928-29 season..

I don't see any first string goalie ever topping 50% shutouts over the course of a season.

That will be tough with the new rules in the NHL. But things can change in the future, that can help out the goalies. So who knows...

[Mudcat]

Okay that's true. Here's another one that could, maybe, somehow, someday, be beat if all the stars align - but it's very hard to imagine in the current climate.

Glenn Hall's record of 502 consecutive starts as an NHL goalie.

[bigboydan]

Glenn Hall's record of 502 consecutive starts as an NHL goalie.

this is another one thats gonna be hard to break, if broken at all.

the part about Hall's record is, he did it without all the extra padding these goalies use today.

[Illusion]

Chicago Bulls 72-10 record in 1996-97 will never be broken.