What Sport Records Will Not Be Broken

[The Great One]

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

That could be broken. Not to mention, eventually they always add games anyway to the schedule. At the All Star Break, Detroit was threatening that record somewhat until they hit a little bit of a skid.

[onlooker]

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

As much as I want to agree with you. Its not untouchable.

But it is hard to believe another team only losing 10 games through out the 82 game season. Without Jordan to boot.

[The Great One]

Could someone post a link of the top 50 all time passers in terms of yards. I can't find it. The ones I have only list the top 10. I want to see where peyton is on that list right now with just 50% of his career complete. i think he was like 38th or something close to that. At least that number is in my mind.

He will definately break Marino's record unless a major injury occurs.

[onlooker]

Here is the top 20.

1.  Dan Marino       61,361
2.  [B]Brett Favre[/B]      53,471
3.  John Elway       51,475
4.  Warren Moon      49,325
5.  Fran Tarkenton   47,003
6.  [B]Vinny Testaverde[/B] 45,242
7.  [B]Drew Bledsoe[/B]     43,557
8.  Dan Fouts        43,040
9.  Joe Montana      40,551
10. Johnny Unitas    40,239
11. Dave Krieg       38,147
12. Boomer Esiason   37,920
13. Jim Kelly        35,467
14. Jim Everett      34,837
15. Jim Hart         34,665
16. Steve DeBerg     34,241
17. [B]Kerry Collins[/B]    33,637
18. John Hadl        33,503
19. Phil Simms       33,462
20. [B]Peyton Manning [/B]  33,189

BOLD is currently active players

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/alltime/leaders?cat=passyards

Manning has a shot at being all the way up to 13th by the end of next season.

[rm18]

Could someone post a link of the top 50 all time passers in terms of yards. I can't find it. The ones I have only list the top 10. I want to see where peyton is on that list right now with just 50% of his career complete. i think he was like 38th or something close to that. At least that number is in my mind.

He will definately break Marino's record unless a major injury occurs.

you mean Drew Bledsoe's record

[Patrick McIrish]

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)

Just think of college ball, the guy from Florida State hit 6 homeruns in one game. All in consecutive at bats. Hard to imagine anyone hitting 7 in a sanctioned game to break the record. Could happen but boy would that be something to see.

[imgv94]

CY YOUNG 511 WINS

The one record that will never be broken!!!

[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.

Undefeated in a longer season.

A-ha! good point RickySteve, that argument would hold true though for any number of other sports where extra teams could be added to a particular franchise - to create extra games.

Okay, if you don't think the above record is particularly sound (respectfully I do though), how about Arsenal's record of never being out of the top flight of English soccer (in other words never being 'relegated') since the 1919/20 season? That's 81 consecutive seasons and counting.

By contrast Everton, who hold the second slot, have 'only' secured 52 consecutive seasons, having been promoted to the top flight during the 1954/55 season!

[RickySteve]

So you'll bet against it at any odds?

Yeah, I didn't think so.

[RickySteve]

A-ha! good point RickySteve, that argument would hold true though for any number of other sports where extra teams could be added to a particular franchise - to create extra games.

Okay, if you don't think the above record is particularly sound (respectfully I do though), how about Arsenal's record of never being out of the top flight of English soccer (in other words never being 'relegated') since the 1919/20 season? That's 81 consecutive seasons and counting.

By contrast Everton, who hold the second slot, have 'only' secured 52 consecutive seasons, having been promoted to the top flight during the 1954/55 season!

Well then it's impossible to break for at least the next 29 years.

[bigboydan]

ricky, i'm still waiting for an explanation from you.


how somebodys gonna break this record ?

Old Hoss Radbourn 59 wins in one season record.

[knicknut]

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

In the last 100 years we've gone from pitching staffs of 3 or 4 with 2 man rotations to staffs of 12.

Who knows in the next 100 years? Maybe doctors, trainers, and coaches will develop techniques and recovery tactics that will allow a pitcher to pitch every game. Sure, it's a long shot, but theoretically, if a pitcher invented an underhand pitch or similar that was legal and worked, he could pitch 162 regular season games

[isetcap]

I think Tampa Bay should pay Wakefield 20 million and make him the only starting pitcher they have. He can pitch every day and they'll win about as many games as they always do...70

That way he can challenge Radbourn for the win record and even if he falls short he'll definitely have the loss record!

[rm18]

ricky, i'm still waiting for an explanation from you.


how somebodys gonna break this record ?

Or the Devil Rays could do this as a gimmick, bring in the same reliever to get the last out of the 5th whenever they are ahead or tied

[Illusion]

ricky, i'm still waiting for an explanation from you.


how somebodys gonna break this record ?

I'm still waiting also. That record will never be broken.

[imgv94]

Does anyone think a pitcher will ever reach Cy Youngs 511 wins?

Roger Clemens has 341 wins and he has been pitching on winning
teams for 22 yrs? And Still has 170 less wins!!

[Illusion]

Roger would have to pitch another 8 years and average 22 wins a year. That record will never be broken either.

[tacomax]

What about jjgold's record for the most crap posted on SBR in a 2 month period?

We've seen some pretenders step up to the plate in recent times, but I've got more chance of sucking my own dick than seeing that record being broken.

[Illusion]

What about jjgold's record for the most crap posted on SBR in a 2 month period?

I'll leave that one alone.

[tacomax]

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[knicknut]

Or the Devil Rays could do this as a gimmick, bring in the same reliever to get the last out of the 5th whenever they are ahead or tied

However, the win then becomes the official scorer's decision (when the winning starter does not last 5 full). So the reliever would have to have the best performance of any pitcher that game every time he wanted a win.

I'm still waiting also. That record will never be broken.

Didn't I just give a possibility? Who would have guessed in 1900 that with the increases in medicine and training that starting pitchers throw less than half the innings now that they did then? It's entirely plausible, IMO, that new advancements will shorten staffs and put wins back in the Cy Young range. I'm not saying probable, just plausible.

[Mudcat]

I lived through the playing career of Wayne Gretzky so that makes everything seem a lot more possible. I've seen how a guy can come along and not just edge, but shatter old standards and tromp all over the record book.

It doesn't happen often but guys like that can come along - I've seen it - and it makes me doubt that any record is completely safe.

Except the jjgold crap thing.

[RickySteve]

I'm still waiting also. That record will never be broken.

OK, champ.

You're right, it is absolutely impossible.

So, since I'm such a generous guy, I will give you $1. The only condition is, if the major league single season win record is ever broken, you must give me your entire net worth and become my personal butler.

Since of course you have nothing at risk, you have no problem making this arrangement, right?

[onlooker]

you must give me your entire net worth and become my personal butler.

Well, be prepared to just get your dollar back.

Illusion.

[bigboydan]

ricky, i think you would just be throwing away a dollar.

i don't care what new advances there are in medicine. theres no way that this record will ever be broken. that record will stand for an eternity.

[Willie Bee]

So, since I'm such a generous guy, I will give you $1. The only condition is, if the major league single season win record is ever broken, you must give me your entire net worth and become my personal butler.

Since of course you have nothing at risk, you have no problem making this arrangement, right?

I must be missing something here. How is it that someone who risks losing all monetary worth and risks being thrust into a life of servitude the one with "nothing at risk?"

[knicknut]

I must be missing something here. How is it that someone who risks losing all monetary worth and risks being thrust into a life of servitude the one with "nothing at risk?"

He was pointing out the high level of certainty and confidence in your statment.

If you really believed it to be as sure a thing as you said, you would consider his offer a safe bet. (EV = +1)

[The Great One]

What id in 1oo years, they come out with an invention that replaces your arm and rotator cuff every day allowing the same pitcher to pitch everday. Then, that "not real" record could be broken.

Or it could just not be counted since it is safe to say that baseball was not even real or competitive back in 1911 or when ever this supposedly happened. These rumors are silly.

[RickySteve]

Well, be prepared to just get your dollar back.

Illusion.

NH

[Willie Bee]

He was pointing out the high level of certainty and confidence in your statment.

If you really believed it to be as sure a thing as you said, you would consider his offer a safe bet. (EV = +1)

Hmm, not sure he was pointing out anything to do with any statement I made. But just for the sake of conversation, wouldn't the reverse be true, if he felt Old Hoss Radbourne's record was certain to be broken, wouldn't he be offering the $1-to-Total Worth + Inservitude odds to any takers?

[bigboydan]

why are we even discussing anything about Old Hoss Radbourne's record. i mean theres no way on gods greeen earth anyone breaks that record.

[knicknut]

Hmm, not sure he was pointing out anything to do with any statement I made. But just for the sake of conversation, wouldn't the reverse be true, if he felt Old Hoss Radbourne's record was certain to be broken, wouldn't he be offering the $1-to-Total Worth + Inservitude odds to any takers?

Sorry, I meant he was making a point about Illusion's comment.

Ricky was saying that if Illusion was so confident that it was impossible to occur, Illusion would be willing to give Ricky infinity to 1 odds on it occuring (as, in Illusion's mind, it would never happen and the bet would be a safe way to make $1 "risk free").