Most astonishing/amazing/unbreakable record in sports history?
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There are a ton that could be considered, but there's only one right answer, and it's Cy Young's 511 victories.
Young pitched in the dead ball era with four man starting rotations, meaning he started after three days rest, not four. In the liveball era, the three winningest pitchers are Warren Spahn (363), Roger Clemens (349) and Greg Maddux (340). Basically, that means the winningest pitchers of our times, guys with incredible longevity and the ability to avoid most injury are still, into their 20+ years of career, 150+ wins away from Denton True Young.
No one is ever gonna come fucking close. Shit, we'll be lucky to see many more 300 win pitchers in our lifetimes.
(FWIW...all that shit I just posted, none of it was looked up...so in other words, people probably shouldn't bother...I don't do much well, but I do this well).
Ok, I'm a few days late on this one, and there are two correct answers to this question and Cardamone answered one of them. The other correct answer? Gretzky's 2,857 NHL points. Forget it, put it on the board, not gonna happen. Let's say the NHL gets back to the leading scorer getting 150/season, and that Crosby does that every year. That means that he'll pass Gretzky in 17.56 seasons, if he stays healthy and hits 150 every year, and that's just not gonna happen. The fact is, no player is going to touch that record. Ever. End of story.
To commemorate the American Bicentennial Jack LaLanne, age 62, swam one mile in Long Beach Harbor. He was handcuffed and shackled, and he towed 13 boats (representing the 13 original colonies) containing 76 people.
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There are a ton that could be considered, but there's only one right answer, and it's Cy Young's 511 victories.
Young pitched in the dead ball era with four man starting rotations, meaning he started after three days rest, not four. In the liveball era, the three winningest pitchers are Warren Spahn (363), Roger Clemens (349) and Greg Maddux (340). Basically, that means the winningest pitchers of our times, guys with incredible longevity and the ability to avoid most injury are still, into their 20+ years of career, 150+ wins away from Denton True Young.
No one is ever gonna come fucking close. Shit, we'll be lucky to see many more 300 win pitchers in our lifetimes.
(FWIW...all that shit I just posted, none of it was looked up...so in other words, people probably shouldn't bother...I don't do much well, but I do this well).
Cy Young's 511 games. And because Cardamone is an insomniatic bastard, he beat me to the punch.
...but yeah, ain't nobody getting 500 wins anymore
Ok, I'm a few days late on this one, and there are two correct answers to this question and Cardamone answered one of them. The other correct answer? Gretzky's 2,857 NHL points. Forget it, put it on the board, not gonna happen. Let's say the NHL gets back to the leading scorer getting 150/season, and that Crosby does that every year. That means that he'll pass Gretzky in 17.56 seasons, if he stays healthy and hits 150 every year, and that's just not gonna happen. The fact is, no player is going to touch that record. Ever. End of story.
To commemorate the American Bicentennial Jack LaLanne, age 62, swam one mile in Long Beach Harbor. He was handcuffed and shackled, and he towed 13 boats (representing the 13 original colonies) containing 76 people.
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