Myself I would say baseball pitching great Cy Young & his 511 career wins will never be touched. A pitcher today could win 25 games a year for 20 years in a row & still not catch Young.
Not necessary UK related. But what do you think is/are the most unbreakable records in sports?
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the cheating single season Home run record
without the juice that record will stand
without the juice that record will stand
I doubt anyone break's Ripken's consecutive games record.
I do think someone will pass Bonds' career total.
I do think someone will pass Bonds' career total.
Most shots before a game by UK coach. BCG gave it his best run, but couldn't beat Sutton. That guy was a machine.
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Wilt's record of 20,000 women will stand for all eternity.
Pistol Petes NCAA scoring totals.No one will stay in school long enough today.Matter of fact any blue blood all time leading scorer is safe due to the same reason
How about one from a Kentucky kid. Frank Selvy from Corbin. Most points in a D1 basketball game, 100. That's very unlikely to ever be beaten.
Good thing Ichiro did not come to the US earlier.
Remember Don Meredith---"If "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nuts, wouldn't it be a Merry Christmas?"
But, yeah, who knows.
Cy Young's 511 wins is the first thing that I thought of. Aside from Bartolo Colo (237) and CC Sabathia (232), no active pitcher even has 200. Lacky (186) and Verlander (181) are the closest.
Young's record of 749 complete games is also untouchable. A pitcher would have to average 25 complete games over 30 seasons to get to 750.
Young's record of 749 complete games is also untouchable. A pitcher would have to average 25 complete games over 30 seasons to get to 750.
Add Cal Ripken's consecutive game record and I think it's a good list.
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Add in his 215 point season, his 92 goals in a season, and his 163 assists in a season. All untouchable.
Come to think of it, add the 50 goals in 39 games, 51 game point streak, and 47 points in a single playoffs.
Cy Young's 511 will never be beaten until we get robot arms. Same with Cal Ripken - there's just a different view of wear and tear and it's not going back.
Pete Rose's record would be broken this year or so if Ichiro had played in the US 4-5 years earlier. So while not likely, it's plausible.
I'm sure at some point the Laker's win streak gets broken. Heck the Warriors did 28 recently, and that's in spitting distance.
Favre's 321 consecutive starts seems pretty difficult to break.
Pete Rose's record would be broken this year or so if Ichiro had played in the US 4-5 years earlier. So while not likely, it's plausible.
I'm sure at some point the Laker's win streak gets broken. Heck the Warriors did 28 recently, and that's in spitting distance.
Favre's 321 consecutive starts seems pretty difficult to break.
I was thinking Ripken's as well. Times have changed and I don't see a player going that long without a game off.
I am waiting for Knee Burns and Dirty Dancing to come on here and blather about consecutive conference titles
NFL:
The game would have to go back to being a run focused league for anyone to approach any of Barry Sanders' records. 14 consecutive 100-yard games, five straight seasons with 1,500+ yards.
Brett Favre's consecutive games played for a QB has a good chance of sticking around for a while. Not only did the guy play well past his prime, he led his team in 24 playoff games during his career.
MLB:
DiMaggio's 56 game hit streak. Can't see that being broken. Too easy for even the best guys in the league to have an 0-4 day.
Ripken's 2,632 games played. Guys sit out, pull hamstrings running to first, throw their back out sneezing (lookin at you, Sammy Sosa!). They don't make many like Cal Ripken.
Like many have said, no one will touch Cy Young's total wins count.
One that is not as well known is Cincinnati Red pitcher, Johnny Vander Meer threw consecutive no hitters in 1938. It's almost been tied once, hard to believe it'll ever be broken.
NCAAB:
Wooden's UCLA 88-game win streak. That's UK going back to back 40-0 and then some....I know it was during a different era and under significantly different circumstances but damn, still impressive.
The game would have to go back to being a run focused league for anyone to approach any of Barry Sanders' records. 14 consecutive 100-yard games, five straight seasons with 1,500+ yards.
Brett Favre's consecutive games played for a QB has a good chance of sticking around for a while. Not only did the guy play well past his prime, he led his team in 24 playoff games during his career.
MLB:
DiMaggio's 56 game hit streak. Can't see that being broken. Too easy for even the best guys in the league to have an 0-4 day.
Ripken's 2,632 games played. Guys sit out, pull hamstrings running to first, throw their back out sneezing (lookin at you, Sammy Sosa!). They don't make many like Cal Ripken.
Like many have said, no one will touch Cy Young's total wins count.
One that is not as well known is Cincinnati Red pitcher, Johnny Vander Meer threw consecutive no hitters in 1938. It's almost been tied once, hard to believe it'll ever be broken.
NCAAB:
Wooden's UCLA 88-game win streak. That's UK going back to back 40-0 and then some....I know it was during a different era and under significantly different circumstances but damn, still impressive.
Actually that was the last time anyone hit .400 or better in a season. Hugh Duffy hit .440 in the 1894 season, but from 1920-present, Rogers Hornsby has the highest single season at .424.
Thanks for the correction. Still, that is the record that will never be broken.
Fernando Tatiste (sp?) hit 2 grand slams in the same inning off the same pitcher! Doubt that ever happens again!
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