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Posted: Thu Nov 5th, 2009 02:30 am |
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They'll never change it, but having "modern records" start at 1900 is absurd. I'd like to see the "modern" records start the year after World War II ended, as it would give a greater apples-to-apples standard for records.
If someone would let me run the Prates or the Royals I'd try doing things differently,and I'd thing I'd experiment with is a four-man rotation. And I'd sign Usain Bolt as a pinch runner.
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Posted: Thu Nov 5th, 2009 02:32 am |
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C.C. Milani wrote: And I'd sign Usain Bolt as a pinch runner.
Someone beat you to that idea by several decades and it didn't work out too well the first time.
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Posted: Thu Nov 5th, 2009 03:02 am |
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LOL...supposedly the entire problem was the guy they tried it with was in 1975 incredibly stupid.
Besides, signing Bolt would at least get some people to buy tickets and watch on TV, and the team that did it would get some pub in a "Terrell Owens goes to Buffalo" sort of way.
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Posted: Thu Nov 5th, 2009 03:21 am |
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Pretty sure this record for points scored and victory margin are safe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Cumberland_vs._Georgia_Tech_football_game
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Posted: Thu Nov 5th, 2009 04:51 am |
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| If we wanted to change this to "real records that could be broken by a smilar player in a relatively similar generation", Nolan Ryan's career strikeout record would be in the picture.
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| Nolan Ryan's 7 no hitters and 5,000+ K's...
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Posted: Thu Nov 5th, 2009 12:33 pm |
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Posted: Thu Nov 5th, 2009 12:42 pm |
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Gretzky's record of having more assists than anyone's total number of points.
If he had never scored a single goal, he would still be the all-time points leader.
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Posted: Thu Nov 5th, 2009 01:16 pm |
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thunderbolt wrote:
Favre's 300+ career interceptions.
Given how often that NFL teams throw the ball, that one may be in play some day, but of course someone would have to have Favre's longevity.
On that note, George Blanda's 42 interceptions in a single season (1962) might stand forever. Vinny Testaverde has come the closest with 35.
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Posted: Thu Nov 5th, 2009 01:25 pm |
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| The cubs record of time between winning world series. Since the cubs will never win one again, they'll just keep on adding to their existing total, and no one will ever catch up.
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Posted: Thu Nov 5th, 2009 03:00 pm |
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beejmi wrote: I'll go with the fastest 3 goals scored in 1 NHL game by one person.
Bill Mosienko did it in 21 seconds.
I could see this getting broken at some point, actually.
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Principal_Raditch wrote: The cubs record of time between winning world series. Since the cubs will never win one again, they'll just keep on adding to their existing total, and no one will ever catch up.
Already beaten, Oxford University have not win the FA Cup since 1874.
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Posted: Thu Nov 5th, 2009 10:42 pm |
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| Ted Williams being the last guy to bat .400.
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Posted: Fri Nov 6th, 2009 02:30 am |
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kargol wrote: Principal_Raditch wrote: The cubs record of time between winning world series. Since the cubs will never win one again, they'll just keep on adding to their existing total, and no one will ever catch up.
Already beaten, Oxford University have not win the FA Cup since 1874.
And to my knowledge they disbanded in 1880. The NFL's Canton Bulldogs, champions of the league in 1922 and '23, will eventually pass that mark, too.
Re: Usain Bolt as a pinch-runner. Herb Washington was the guy being talked about from 1975, and the problem wasn't necessarily that he was stupid, it was that he wasn't, you know...a baseball player.
You can't just be fast to steal bases. You have to be able to read pitchers, know their pickoff moves, know when to commit, read whether a line drive is going to go through or not, run while watching your 3rd base coach, etc. etc. etc. Even deciphering coaches' signs is probably a pretty steep learning curve for someone who never suited up. The A's continued their experiment with other college track stars (Matt Alexander, for one) later in the decade with more success, because they found track stars who were also on the college baseball team--meaning they actually knew how to run bases rather than just run fast, and play the field and even bat some, too.
Anyway, a pinch-running specialist would never work outside of September in the modern age, because with 12 and sometimes 13-man pitching staffs it's a total waste of a precious bench spot if a guy can't field and can't bat. On that same note, buying a ticket or watching a game on TV just to see if a guy MIGHT make an appearance for exactly one half-inning, late in the game? That novelty would wear off prettyquickly.
To the topic at hand: Has anyone come close to Bert Blyleven's single-season record of 50 home runs allowed? Even in this modern home run age, I don't think a pitcher could pitch that many innings in a season to break it.
Going 300 innings in one season didn't occur THAT long ago (Steve Carlton was the last in 1980) but I don't think we'll see that one without a major change in how the game is played. Even "workhorses" like Sabathia are topping off at 230-240 IP. The closest we've come since then is 2001 when Schilling & Johnson both topped 300 if you count the postseason.
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Posted: Fri Nov 6th, 2009 02:32 am |
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Also, it's going to be awfully hard to top the NFL record of 73 points in one game. I know it occurred in a championship so it wasn't a result of an era of less parity, but it was still a different era neverthless (the Redskins were completely unable to stop this newfangled invention of George Halas' called the T-formation). You hardly ever see an NFL team breaking 60 points, and even 50 is rare.
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