I think that Eric Gagne’s record of 63 consecutive saves will be very tough to beat.
There are quite a few cycling records that will never be broken. Most of them held by Eddy Merckx.
1969: Won the yellow, green and polka dot jersy in the Tour de France.
445 career victories
11 grand tour victories
34 stage wins in the Tour de France
Other feats that will never be bettered
1904 : Henri Cornet wins the Tour de France at the age of 19
World record in cycling backwards with violin: 60,45 km in 5h 09 min.
Like this:
The team is at 4th and infinity at their own goal line, and the other team does not return the punt and it bounces and rolls to the opposing goal line. Or, on preview, what Tapioca Dextrin said.
Yes, the Red Sox have the record. It’s not “Years since last World Series win,” but “Most seasons between two World Series wins.” If the Cubs or White Sox win a World Series, then they will claim that record.
Umm, not sure what that means. If you meant to say “Most men’s college basketball titles, school”, then UCLA has 11–the most in Div 1, but I can’t speak for the lower divisions. And I don’t think this record is unbreakable.
However, you could say that the record for most consecutive men’s college basketball titles, 7 by UCLA, is unbreakable.
Most titles by a coach, 10 by John Wooden, is also unbreakable.
Most consecutive victories, 88, by . . . guess who? UCLA! Also probably unbreakable.
Nope!
Yours,
A UCLA Alumnus
I think the actual air distance was about 70 yards. I’ve never seen the footage, but one person who did said it took “a hellacious bounce.” Also, consider the rarefied air of Denver. Some of the records set in the Mexico City Olympics stood for quite a while before they were broken.
What’s REALLY awesome: Drysdale set the record with the help of an off-the-wall umpiring decision that went against the Giants.
Hershisher broke the record with the help of an off-the-wall umpiring decision that went against the Giants.
Yes, I’m a Giants fan…
I don’t know… the old record was 44, set in 1897. In the 108 years since then, only two guys have reached that mark - DiMaggio in 1941 when he got the 56, and Pete Rose (exactly 44) in 1978. Nobody has reached so much as 40 since Rose.
So nobody’s even come really close to that record in 64 years.
To put another spin on DiMaggio’s record: the active player with the best shot at it is probably Ichiro. The longest hitting streak he’s had in the MLB is 23 games, so he’s never even made it halfway there. Luis Castillo came the closest of anybody currently out there when he made it to 35 three years ago. That’s not even two thirds of 56.
But, mathematically, it’s almost a certainty that it will be broken at some point. Let’s put it this way: if MLB continues to exist for 100 years starting from right now, and is basically the same game, the chance of a 56+ game hitting streak is quite a bit higher than zero, and it just continues to get higher and higher as time passes. There’s a big difference between something like a long hitting streak which can happen purely by chance, and thus will eventually happen, and (say) someone breaking one of the early-century pitching records, which would require a fundamental change in the way the game is played; or someone breaking Cal Ripken’s record, which would require a freakish convergence of luck, skill, dedication, etc.
Ichiro? Have you heard of my good friend Johnny Damon, who peaked at a 29 game hitting streak this season?
Did I say anything bad about Damon? Ichiro broke the 84-year-old MLB record for hits in a season last year and is one of the fastest players in the game. He can adjust at the plate and hit the ball anywhere. I think it’s fair to call him the guy with the best shot. All due respect to Damon, but Ichiro’s career batting average is .045 better.
How about the player (i forget who) who hit two grand slams in one inning?
That seems like such a ridiculous convergence of luck and skill it will never happen again. and CERTAINLY never be broken
All right, love how this thread is going, keep it up!
To reiterate, this is something I’m doing for fun, so I don’t intend to get into any arguments. NOTHING’S carved in stone yet, and I’ll gladly switch stuff between “definite” and “pending” if it’s called for. Also, I realize that a few of my choices may be a bit, well, complicated. I was really going after memorable accomplishments, and some of them may not be as neat and tidy as “most rebounds in an NBA game”. I’ll be glad to explain them.
Definitely agree with Cal Ripken (although I’ll still have to look up the number).
Leviosaurus - Wow, thanks! I could swear I saw an ESPN special a long time ago called “Americas Cup: The 23rd defense”. 25, got it. Now this is what I’m talking about.
Marley23 - I’ll explain my choices when I get that page up. Re. the Tour de France…okay, I can conceivably believe someone in the future will have the ability to win this 8 times (in fact, Jan Ullrich’s actually pretty close), but 8 in a row, I just can’t imagine. Remember, this is an event where all kinds of things can go wrong. Broken chain. Flat tire. Crash. Some moron spectator running into you. And there’s a world of difference between 5 and 8. I’m putting this in pending, but I doubt it’ll be there for long.
Brickbacon - I actually found out about 733 for one team from a Sporting News article, which actually argued that this was a much safer record than his overall total (I agree with that). I’m not about to argue things like “restrictiveness” or “merit” (c’mon, I brought up sumo records, for crying out loud).
Max - Ehhh…statistically, after what seems like fifty straight 1-1-2 Triple Crown horses, someone should’ve won the dang thing. And Phil Mickelson should have more than one stinkin’ major. It’s amazing how some seemingly doable accomplishments are, in actual practice, incredibly rare. The longest hit streak I’ve remembered seeing in my lifetime was about 29. Yes, it’s possible, but so’s Korea winning the World Cup. I seriously doubt it.
Airblairxxx - Means exactly what it says. Seven years, one non-championship year, and then another three in a row. Agree with seven in a row, but IMHO this is even more impressive. Again, I’m just looking for cool records, regardless of “legitimacy” (I did mention NBA records by two players and a coach on the same team, right?).
And I think that if the only way to rip on the Duke Blue Devils is to jump on the UCLA bandwagon, and this based on events that happened years ago, that’s pretty pathetic. IIRC, there were fans on this board of other ACC teams that did this. :rolleyes:
Oh…
Cubs fans - Look, believe me, I’d love to see it happen, but…I dunno. The Red Sox had a plethora of teams that were not only capable of winning it, but by rights should have. The most amazing thing about The Curse was the sheer magnitude of it, how great squad after great squad on this one franchise could have their hopes shattered inches from the finish line. The Cubs? In their best chance in forever, some silly fan interference kinda-sorta sparked a rally which eventually cost them the pennant. Not even the same league.
Tell ya what…the Cubs get to the big dance, I move the Red Sox to pending. In the meantime, refer to jrfrnachi’s comment.
Actually, the Yankees’ Hideki Matsui has an outside chance if you carry over his streak from the Japanese leagues. He’s closing in on 1,700 consecutive games, so he needs about six more seasons to put an asterisk next to Ripken’s record (or to get an his own record with an asterisk, depending on how you want to look at it).
I’m an over the top Yankee fan. He is one of my favorite players, extremely reliable and clutch.
MLB will never completely recognize Matsui’s streak. It would not go into the record books. It would be trivia question like Most Career Pro HR
Oh’s 868 home runs in Japan set an all-time pro baseball record. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/O/Oh_Sadaharu.stm
A.J. Foyt, Al Unser, and Rick Mears.
I agree that MLB would never officially recognize it, but I don’t think that should matter. It’s not like the HR record, which is significantly affected by second-tier competition.
I would’ve guessed Chargers. With the parity measures the NFL has nowadays, it does seem highly unlikely, but just going back a couple years to the Bucs blowing the doors off the hapless Raiders, I have to agree it’s not unassailable.
Both are unbelievable, but Big Ben’s is much more out of reach. Tom Brady edged ahead of Joe Montana with last season’s Superbowl, winning his 9th over Montana’s 8 in row. (I doubt Brady’s run will ever be bested, but second place is so far only 1 game back.)
Big Ben’s record will likely never be approached. Ever. Second place is a tie among several players, including the great Phil Simms, with four. Considering that Ben is at 13 and counting, it’s a mortal lock at immortality, IME.
Cool, sounds like we’re on the same page.
By the way, I sincerly hope he gets 6 more years as Yank.