Thursday, April 13, 2017

Which Records Will Not Be Broken?

Every time a significant record gets broken, discussions ensue.  Russell Westbrook broke Oscar Robertson's record for triple-doubles in a season, so the talked move onto other records.  So, I'll submit to you, will the following be broken:


1.  Cy Young's 511 wins in baseball.


2.  Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak.


3.  Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game.


4.  Wilt Chamberlain's 55-rebound game.


5.  Wilt Chamberlain's averaging over 50 points in a season.


6.  Byron Nelson's 11 straight wins on the PGA tour.


7.  Nolan Ryan's 7 no-hitters.


The list, of course, is endless.  Some sports' records are more memorable and more conversation-worthy than others.  Football stats, for some reason, don't carry as much interest in the conversation of sports fans.  Hockey stats don't transcend hockey fans.  But basketball stats -- in some measure because of the Herculean accomplishments of Wilt Chamberlain -- do.  And baseball has been made for stats since it began, only to undergo a revolution that made it even more made for stats, the difference being the first wave of stats was the equivalent of a photograph and the current wave is the equivalent of an x-ray. 


Let the discussion ensue.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That's easy. Some of those records will stand forever but the drop-dead guarantee is Cy Young's win total.