you don't think so?? i think if a team really wanted a guy to get it, it could be done. particularly from a big dominating guy. remember, robinson had 70-something back in 1995.
D-Rob had 71 points on 4/24/94 against the Clippers. I think that it was the last game of the season and the Spurs were trying to get Robinson the scoring title and still he was 29 points away from the record. And did I say it was against the Clippers?
Has Shaq ever scored 60 in a game??? The only reason I wouldn't vote for this record is because its a one game record, other than that, besides David Robinson trying to get the scoring record and getting 71, I think only one other person has reached the seventies. Think about how big of deal it is to score 50 points in a game and it only half of the record. Plus the rules were different.
My vote would be Other: Single season win total by a pitcher. I don't even know who holds it. I'd assume some throwback pitcher. The last guy to get to 30 was Denny McClain, I believe. With the 5 man rotation, pitchers simply don't get enough starts to do it. Schilling and Johnson were as dominant as anyone in the past decade last year, and only reached around 25. MadMax- I dunno, I think guys like A-Rod and Soriano could pull off 500-500. Soriano needs to keep mashing for awhile though, and it seems A-Rod has stopped stealing bases.
Very few of those will be broken but I can never see any other NBA player scoring 100 in a game. EVER. Heck, most teams can't even do it!
How about most career receiving touchdowns: 1) Jerry Rice - 192 and counting 2) Cris Carter - 130 Most career receiving yards: 1) Jerry Rice - 21,597 and counting 2) James Lofton - 14,007 Most career receptions: 1) Jerry Rice - 1456 and counting 2) Cris Carter -1101 Most Career Touchdowns: 1) Jerry Rice - 203 and counting 2) Emmit Smith - 164 and counting Most rushing yards: 1) Emmit Smith - 17,162 and counting 2) Walter Payton - 16,726
that's really what i mean...players don't steal bases like that anymore...and over a 15 year career, you'd have to average over 30 steals/year. i just don't see that happening anymore. that, plus the health factor over that many years. (see ken griffey, jr.)
41 - Jack Chesbro, 1904 Also probably untouchable: Shutouts: 16 - Pete Alexander, 1916 Complete Games: 48 - Jack Chesbro, 1904 Consecutive Wins: 24 - Carl Hubbell, 1937 Losses: 29 - Vic Willis, 1905 <- I'm thinking you get sent to the minors after 20 or so losses.
Personally, I think the 100 point game will be broken in my lifetime. It can be done if someone really wants to. And yeah, someone said that David's 71 points came against the Clippers. Big deal! The Clippers are still around, there are numerous other really crappy teams as well. And I think there will be alot better players than Robinson to come around. If this were a few years ago back when Shaq was still in good shape, and if Shaq was a better free-throw shooter, and that the rest of his team completely focused on getting him the ball and going for the record, he could do it. But that's more because of the crappiness of today's centers...but still! Although that is alot of ifs. The whole team would have to get onboard with this one player wanting to be really really selfish and score all the points, but if there was a reason... But it'd have to be a big man, no doubt. A guard would get stopped. And it'd probably have to be an overtime game or double overtime, but still... I think the 55 rebounds is much harder, because not only would the player have to play an amazing game himself, his teammates and the opposing team would have to miss an extrordinary amount of shots themselves. It doesn't depend on the player himself, like the scoring.
Old Hoss Radbourne won 60 games but it was in the 1880's. I read that before each game he would pitch, he would warm up by exercising his arm with a steel ball that weighed like 8 to 10 pounds that way his arm would be strong and not get tired.
I think it is impossible to score 100 without the illegal defense rule. I assume that if a team wants to give one of their players the ball to break the record, the game is meaningless. If the game is meaningless, the opposing team will just put 3 guys surrounding the player to stop the feat.
Jerry Rice's receiving records will probably never be broken, Even if a Guy like Marvin Harrison has had productive years each year of his career, he'd still have to play something like 18 seasons to even come close, and for a WR its damn near impossible to be a game breaker past the age of 35. Rich Gannon's 21 straight completions and 10 300 yard games in a season will never be broken if I have anything to do with it.
The 100 point game by Wilt Chamberlain will stand the longest. Nobody will ever, EVER do that again, because nobody will ever be as dominant in his time as Wilt was.
Rice and gretzky are the players whose career numbers seem to me to be the most unatainable, yet they probably will be at some point. I would have once said that Gherig's would stand forever...or Aaron's. There's one...no one will ever win morre games than Cy Young. Period. Not even close.
of the records mentioned, i would go with wilt's 55 or 100. i think both are equally unbreakable. but if i had to choose, i'd do with the 55. i can almost see, if i really really really try, someone going for 100 just from sheer volume of shots or some very strange circumstance. but unless the nba starts allowing ricky davis rebounds, then i just can't see 55 being put together (and shaq scored 61 once for whoever asked, along with 23 boards that game). i don't think i'll see a 57 game hitting streak anytime soon, but i can imagine it better than i can imagine 56 boards or 101 points. on a sidenote: then why has no one hit .400 in the last 62 years while it was done on several occasions before then? in fact, the last .400 season was the same year as the 56 game hitting streak. who played in the more advantageous era? i would find someone hitting in 56 straight to be more impressive today than in the past, especially with all the media scrutiny and the fact you can easily face 3 different pitchers in one game whereas you could easily get to measure up just 1 back then. the 7 goal/10 pt games seems just as unbreakable but maybe hockey will eventually be more open and high scoring again. basketball won't ever have a guy that much bigger and dominant than everyone simply b/c the sport and athletes have evolved too much. the hockey records are more style of play and luck, not anything to do with the individual (i could be completely wrong as i know neither of those guys, but they ain't gretzky from what i can tell). the 99 yd run could be equaled at any given time. people always run when backed up to the goal line. just need one defensive mishap. 5084, 257, and 383 have all had minor runs made at them recently so they aren't as unattainable. damn randy better not take nolan's record away. 500/500 is damn near impossible, but with soriano already having a near 40/40 season and shooting for one again, it can't be placed out of reach the way smaller people can hit homeruns now. delgado is only halfway there, and with the later all-star break, the season is well over halfway complete. i don't think anyone has even broken 162 rbi recently, much less really threatened 191.
