I think Secretariat's Belmont win is the most amazing thing I ever saw, I still get a charge out of watching the tape 30 years later. But if it has to be a human accomplishment, that's hard because there are so many. I think Bob Beamon's long jump in 1968 was amazing because it eclipsed the previous record by so much, and stood for 23 years, which for a track/field record is unheard of, they simply are made to be broken routinely. As a singular, unbelievable feat, that would be the one for me.
The home runs and no hitters and even the hit streaks can and will be approached in the coming years. 100 points in a basketball game was not that unreal considering Wilt was like a giant amoung midgets.
Cal Ripkin's consecutive games played will never ever be approached in a major sport.
Cal Ripkin's consecutive games played will never ever be approached in a major sport.
strutt, how can you say that? So many players come close almost every year for the triple crown. Bonds came close last year, Pujols is very close this year. Players can accomplish this very easily. Come on Strutt, this is no way a record that is tough to accomplish. This will be done IMO at least 7 times in the next 100 years.
Habsman,
You have the Great One getting 212 points as a record that will NEVER be broken. Well, he did even better than that. He got 215 points. Yes, I agree it will be hard to beat, especially with today's game the way it has changed. The trap, the tight checking and all makes it just about impossible to ever break, especially when the avg game is a 3-1 final where it is tough to even get a clear shot on net. But I wouldn't say this record will never be broken, and here is why. IMO, if hockey continues to be this dead and continues to be boring, they just might take out the red line, which will only cause a lot of goals to be scored every game, and this will enable the 215 pts in one season to be easily broken. So for now, the 215 pts is safe, unless they take out red line, then your prediction will be in jeopardy.
Kengam,
Even the 100 pts by Wilt could be broken any day because of one thing, and that one thing is called OT. If a game happens to go to a 4th or 5th OT, that record can easily be broken.
Habsman,
You have the Great One getting 212 points as a record that will NEVER be broken. Well, he did even better than that. He got 215 points. Yes, I agree it will be hard to beat, especially with today's game the way it has changed. The trap, the tight checking and all makes it just about impossible to ever break, especially when the avg game is a 3-1 final where it is tough to even get a clear shot on net. But I wouldn't say this record will never be broken, and here is why. IMO, if hockey continues to be this dead and continues to be boring, they just might take out the red line, which will only cause a lot of goals to be scored every game, and this will enable the 215 pts in one season to be easily broken. So for now, the 215 pts is safe, unless they take out red line, then your prediction will be in jeopardy.
Kengam,
Even the 100 pts by Wilt could be broken any day because of one thing, and that one thing is called OT. If a game happens to go to a 4th or 5th OT, that record can easily be broken.
Habs,
I told you, with today's game, NO WAY will it even come close. But if they do decide to take out the red line (which they might one day if this game continues like this) then you will be sweating that prediction because someone will break it. Players will have 250 pt seasons with no red line and the avg scores will be 8-6. God forbid they ever do that or else hockey will be ruined.
I told you, with today's game, NO WAY will it even come close. But if they do decide to take out the red line (which they might one day if this game continues like this) then you will be sweating that prediction because someone will break it. Players will have 250 pt seasons with no red line and the avg scores will be 8-6. God forbid they ever do that or else hockey will be ruined.
i agree with SSI here.
in order to beat van demeer's 2 straight no-hitters you have to toss THREE straight no-hitters - and that ain't gonna happen.
but, having said that - there is one feat that is even tougher to "beat" and in my mind - of all of the feats out there - the ONLY one that will NEVER br broken:
i don't have the exactyear - but sometime in the early 1900s, a baseball game was played and for the ENTIRE game they used ONE BALL!
you read that right - a 9-inning baseball game played with ONE ball. think about that today. that means a boul fouled off into the stands gets tossed back. a ball in the dirt - still gets used.
to me - this is the ONE feat that will NEVER be duplicated again!
in order to beat van demeer's 2 straight no-hitters you have to toss THREE straight no-hitters - and that ain't gonna happen.
but, having said that - there is one feat that is even tougher to "beat" and in my mind - of all of the feats out there - the ONLY one that will NEVER br broken:
i don't have the exactyear - but sometime in the early 1900s, a baseball game was played and for the ENTIRE game they used ONE BALL!
you read that right - a 9-inning baseball game played with ONE ball. think about that today. that means a boul fouled off into the stands gets tossed back. a ball in the dirt - still gets used.
to me - this is the ONE feat that will NEVER be duplicated again!
Flo-Jo's...ah..."nutrionally - enhanced" 100m and 200m sprint records will last at least this century. The next closest times are 0.25 and 0.3 seconds slower (not including the 2 Marion Jones' runs at altitude) where improvement is measured in 100ths of a second. Those times are pretty much the limits of human physiology (aided with some, uuummmm... ginseng) and no clean athlete will come close for a very long time.
Goalie Glenn Hall's 502 consecutive-game streak (55-62). Think he is the only goalie to play in EVERY single game for the whole season in the like the past 40 years (he did it for 6).
Al Spalding of the Boston Braves with 54 wins by a pitcher in ONE SEASON (1875).
Wayne Gretzky's 215-point season (95-96)
Al Spalding of the Boston Braves with 54 wins by a pitcher in ONE SEASON (1875).
Wayne Gretzky's 215-point season (95-96)
