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