Comments on: Attention Sports Fans! Which Milestone Will Never Be Reached?

By: Harry Heller

Harry Heller — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:48:19 +0000

There is another side record that Joe D holds that may never be broken. After his streak ended, mostly due to a miracle play be Ken Keltner at 3rd base he then went another 19 games on a new streak. Without that miracle play, he would have had a streak of 73 games!!!. He got a hit in 72 out of 73 games.

BTW Gretzky’s Record is safe. As much as the pace has increased so has the defensive schemes — especially in important games. When Gretzky was in his prime, Al Arbour and the Islanders shut him out in the 1984 Stanley Cup Series.

By: Carl Iseman

Carl Iseman — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:13:41 +0000

Moving away ffrom stick and ball sports to motorsports….retiring Grand Prix Formula One Champion Michael Shumacher’s record of 68 pole positions and 91 wins in 249 starts, with seven world championships in 15 seasons is likely to never be matched….but was he worth the $60 million/year slary he was paid??

By: Barry Packer

Barry Packer — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:05:26 +0000

Merrill,

You know that there was no way, I would be able to read this without responding. And, you also know that there are probably several more I could find; but for now:

I can start with Walter Johnson’s 110 career shutouts; move on to Jack Chesbro’s 41 wins for the 1904 Yankees and follow up with Nolan Ryan’s 5,714 lifetime strikeout total.

I noticed many people talking about Cy Young’s 511 wins, which of course is phenomenal. But, how about his 316 losses or his 7,356 innings pitched.

And, speaking of times taking the ball, remember 1974 when Mike Marshall of the Dodgers appeared in 106 games.

Games is something that Gordie Howe knew a lot about, having played professional hockey (NHL/WHA) for 32 seasons.

Duration is not limited to the field as Don Shula’s 347 career wins will probably never be matched, as well as Connie Mack’s 53 years of managing in the long coat, tie and chapeau.

And, while all of these records will probably never be eclipsed, there are others that hold a special place for me; as last night I was at the TD Banknorth Garden to watch the Bruins shut out Edmonton and looking up to the rafters, came up with two more. Between 1968 and 1975 Bobby Orr won every Norris Trophy as the NHL’s best defenseman. I am sure that 8 straight will never be matched. And neither will the fact that the Garden, with 32 (10 Bruins and 22 Celtics and a microphone for Johny Most), has more retired numbers than any other arena.

By: Bob Tekampe

Bob Tekampe — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:31:29 +0000

I agree that Cy Young’s record will never be broken. The Bruins win streak looks pretty safe as well. Eight championships in a row would be pretty tough in today’s NBA, but maybe with the right superstar it could be done. Same thing for 11 consecutive PGA wins….not out of the question for Tiger (or the next Tiger) to do something like that. The Gretzky and Rice records probably win fall eventually.

Here are a couple more to consider: Johnny Vander Meer’s back to back no-hitters. Somebody may tie it someday, but I don’t think anyone will throw back to back to back no-hitters to break it. (back to back to back used with permission of M. Dubrow)

And as a die hard Packer fan, I have to mention Favre’s consecutive start streak-still going strong for another season.

By: Y.R.

Y.R. — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:49:42 +0000

Heard a hypothetical this morning on the radio that I thought fit well into this thread. Suppose you have a relief pitcher that blows 600 saves in his career but his team comes back to win each time, giving him 600 wins, surpassing Cy Young. Does he get into the Hall of Fame?

By: Kurt

Kurt — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:20:20 +0000

Wilt Chamberlain’s 50.4 ppg in ‘61-’62 season will likely never be broken, nor will his 100 points in a single game record.

Connie Mack, 7,755 baseball games managed, is probably safe.

Oklahoma Sooners: 47 consecutive NCAA Division 1-A football victories (Oct. 10, 1953–Nov. 9, 1957). Hard to imagine that this can be duplicated.

By: Bill Ranney

Bill Ranney — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:43:06 +0000

Merrill, Great picks. What about Cal Ripken should have been mentioned however I don’t think any team in any sports will be able to win 8 consecutive NBA Championships in row thats my pick. Bill

By: Jim Quilty

Jim Quilty — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:05:32 +0000

Satchel Paige…the oldest rookie to join the major leagues…at age 42. We won’t see that again.

By: Merrill Dubrow

Merrill Dubrow — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:15:42 +0000

In cased you missed it. Another superstar just passed away with lots of records.

Eddie Feigner, the hard throwing softball pitcher who played for more than 50 years passed away over the passed few days.

How good was he:

Had a fastball clocked at 104 miles per hour - as a softabll pitcher!

Tossed 930 no hitters

238 perfect games

struch out more than 141,000 batters

I saw Eddie pitch a few times. He was amazing he would pitch from the outfield, behind his back, from his knees, between his legs. He was clearly a superstar in his sport

He once struck out Mays, McCovey, Maury Wills, Kellebrew, Clemente and Borroks Robinson in a row during an exhibition game at Dodger Stadium in 1964.

Eddie was one of a kind and his records may also never be broken!

By: Steve Schlesinger

Steve Schlesinger — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:30:42 +0000

I think Cy Young is safe as are the Bruins. I think the others are vulnerable. I think the one record that will not be broken is Cal Ripken’s consecutive games streak. You might say that he broke Lou Gehring and no one thought that would be broken but what MLB player out there today will play that long and be that durable as we look into the future. Not with the money they are being paid and there love of the money more than the game!