I gave you a "LIKE"...because Josh may be the greatest.
FDR is like Bob Gibson: they changed the rules because of him.
They’ve added the negro league stats into the official database. It’s part of MLB now.
The record that won't be beaten is Bobby's streak of 20 consecutive tournament wins without a draw against international grandmasters
You're probably right.
Sham, the runner up to Secretariat in the Derby, recorded the second fastest time in Derby History. They both finished in under two minutes. Sham was a pretty remarkable horse in his own right and could have been great had he not been overshadowed by Secretariat. Unfortunately his career ended after that Belmont race.
Which is why Bobby invented Chess960 - to eliminate the advantage of rote memorization of openings and put the emphasis back on tactical analytical skill. It hasn't replaced Chess yet, but there is an FIDE sanctioned world championship.
You are right!! But I was kind of right too.
Yeah. Sham was running well in the Belmont until about a half mile to go. Then, it's like the horse just said, "F T S" and just walked it in. That margin of victory was as impressive as the time. It's a myth that Secretariat's quarter miles improved as the race went on, but his 2nd quarter was faster than his first. Which is still impressive. There's also a myth that he was a dud in the breeding shed. What he did, though, was sire great mares.
It’s not myth, but the race is the Kentucky Derby, not the Belmont Stakes. Secretariat’s successive quarter mile splits in the Derby were 25-2/5, 24, 23-4/5, 23-2/5 and the last in 23 flat. He was accelerating throughout the entire race.
It is in today’s game. Completely different than it was 20 years ago. A player would have to play over 16 seasons without missing a game. I just don’t see it with how careful teams are with injuries and such. It isn’t like it was before where you played through bumps and bruises.
Those numbers are the Belmont, not the Derby. It’s the Derby where he ran each quarter faster than the previous
Just wait until we add the 10 point shot, because more scoring is wanted.
Oh I agree 100%. But I still don't think it's impossible that a player would come along a break it. 1% chance.
Alex Ovechkin is approaching Gretsky's goals number. He surpassed Howe this past season. Nowhere close to that total points mark, though.
It seems like these tennis players before they are 30 get some kind of injury that kills their career. Alcaraz and Sinner have already started with the injuries. That is the real reason Novak has so many record, he has until this year been a physical specimen
You beat me to this. I wouldn’t go so far as to say Ovechkin is guaranteed to break the record because he’s at the age now where sudden declines aren’t unheard of, and a serious injury could prove career ending. I’d say he currently looks to have a good shot at it though. He’s only 41 short of Gretzky and has scored 50, 42, and 31 in his last 3 seasons. If he can maintain anything like that pace, he only needs to stick around for another season and a half or so.
You’re right of course. I titled the thread as “never to be broken “ but in the body of the opening post, I did qualify it by asking for records “unlikely to broken” in our lifetimes.
They said for decades that Gehrig's record couldn't be broken. Now baseball's records are frozen because of all the rules changes. Extra inning free runner is ridiculous. If he scores, the hitter gets an rbi which never would have happened before the rule change. So we can't compare rbi before/since. We will have fewer pick offs because of disengagement rules. It's communism.
