Mr. Carnac got me thinking, what would you consider the most incredible sports records? Some food for thought: 111 game D1 WCBB win streak, the NCs and string of FFs, how about the 1 billion (roughly) consecutive games without back-to-back losses?
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Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak, Cy Young's 511 wins.
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Cal Ripken's consecutive games, DiMaggio's hitting streak.
Not sure, but I think Cy Young also holds the record for losses.
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Penn St. women's volleyball was in UConn territory w/ 109 straight wins, maybe even more incredible was 111 straight sets without dropping won. They were not only beating everybody for several years, they had a really long stretch of sweeps. Also claimed 4 straight National Titles during that time period (and 6 of 8 when they added 2 more a couple years down the road).
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Cy Young holds records for wins, losses, decisions and innings pitched but his most unattainable record of all is his 749 complete games. If a pitcher comes along who averages 30 complete games per season over a 25-year career, he'll finish with 750. Until then...
Wilt scored 100 pts in a game, 36 field goals, and 28 free throws, no 3 point goals at that time.
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All of the the records you mentioned in my opinion are hallowed and safe. I’d call those Mount Rushmore records. Anyone that thinks a team will win 112 games without losing one is extremely optimistic. That’s a situation (for any team) I’d bet against at 4 to 1 odds, and laugh all the way to the bank.
A team would have to put together 2+ seasons of undefeated play to reach that milestone. There will always be that “yeah but” guy who will always remind us that records are made to be broken. Some records are, but not all of them. If Dee plays 2 more years and gets to 10,000 points, THAT record might as well be on the moon, because no player on earth will be able to break it.
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That’s funny. The longest field goal he shot in that game was From 3 feet away from the hoop
We should probably give a tip of the hat to the Cal Tech Men’s Basketball team who managed to lose 207 games in a row.
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Denham Brown scored 111 points in a single game in high school.
But not in the NBA.
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I heard a comedian talk about this with one line (referring to what his teammates said), "Hey Wilt, I'm open"
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Tim Thomas and Kevin Freeman were once teammates.
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He does, 315. Imagine 511-315. Total decisions 826.
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Between 1977 and 1987, Edwin Moses won 107 consecutive finals (122 consecutive races) in 400m hurdles and set the world record in the event four times. He was the 1976 and 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the 400m hurdles (as well as winning the bronze medal in 1988).
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On an individual scale, some incredible records include:
-Lebron's career playoff scoring (almost 1700 points ahead of #2)
-John Stockton's steals and assists
-Tom Brady's 7 Super Bowl wins, playoff streak, touchdown passes combined with lack of interceptions
-Wayne Gretzsky's goals scored/assisted
-Misty May/Kerri Walsh's 3 Golds, 112 and 89 match win streaks
-Lebron's career playoff scoring (almost 1700 points ahead of #2)
-John Stockton's steals and assists
-Tom Brady's 7 Super Bowl wins, playoff streak, touchdown passes combined with lack of interceptions
-Wayne Gretzsky's goals scored/assisted
-Misty May/Kerri Walsh's 3 Golds, 112 and 89 match win streaks
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Trinity College's men's squash teams won 252 matches in a row, the longest winning streak in college sports history
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Yeah but ...All of the the records you mentioned in my opinion are hallowed and safe. I’d call those Mount Rushmore records. Anyone that thinks a team will win 112 games without losing one is extremely optimistic. That’s a situation (for any team) I’d bet against at 4 to 1 odds, and laugh all the way to the bank.
A team would have to put together 2+ seasons of undefeated play to reach that milestone. There will always be that “yeah but” guy who will always remind us that records are made to be broken. Some records are, but not all of them. If Dee plays 2 more years and gets to 10,000 points, THAT record might as well be on the moon, because no player on earth will be able to break it.
Actually you don't need two consecutive unbeaten seasons as Uconn in that streak didn't have two either. One unbeaten season sandwiched around a single loss in their first or second game in the first season and a loss at the FF in the third season gets you there.
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Jack Chesbro - won 41 games one season. Johnny Vander Meer's consecutive no-hitters