Phatferd wrote:This is hard. There are more than two out of that list that I think cannot be touched. I went with Complete Games and Cal Ripken. I just don't think that players are going to play for 18 seasons without having a day off or not getting injured. Managers are so afraid of losing their jobs they give their star players a day off here and there. Plus they are making tens of millions of dollars a year and they can't afford to go down to injury.
What's funny is that this is exactly the same argument that people used to make when arguing that Lou Gehrig's record was unbreakable, except put "millions" in place of "tens of millions."
I understand what you're saying, but Ripken shattered his record. He played about 5 more seasons worth of games than Gehrig. Things happen to people over the course of 18 years. Look it happened to Gehrig himself. I just don't think we are going to see anyone else come close to it. I could be wrong, I just don't see it happening in this day and age. Ripken played baseball in a different era (just before specialization took over) and when it did he was so far into his own streak that he was an exception to the rule.
You have no frame of reference, Donny. You're like a child who walks into the middle of a movie...
The only one on the original list that has absolutely zero chance of being broken is the CG record. Pitchers don't get 75 starts in a season even if the focus switched back to the 4-man rotation. You could almost put Cy's 511 wins there, but it is at least in the realm of possibility no matter how small. Maddux started 714 games in his career, so the players at least have an opportunity.
Tavish wrote:The only one on the original list that has absolutely zero chance of being broken is the CG record. Pitchers don't get 75 starts in a season even if the focus switched back to the 4-man rotation. You could almost put Cy's 511 wins there, but it is at least in the realm of possibility no matter how small. Maddux started 714 games in his career, so the players at least have an opportunity.
Tavish wrote:The only one on the original list that has absolutely zero chance of being broken is the CG record. Pitchers don't get 75 starts in a season even if the focus switched back to the 4-man rotation. You could almost put Cy's 511 wins there, but it is at least in the realm of possibility no matter how small. Maddux started 714 games in his career, so the players at least have an opportunity.
I put that one at 0% also. To break it you would have to have a 20 game season for 25 years and then get 12 more wins in the 26th season. That is impossible IMO with the way relief pitchers are used, pitch counts, and 5 man rotations.
If Maddux would have won 512 of those 714 that is a 72% win percentage, that would be insane
Tavish wrote:The only one on the original list that has absolutely zero chance of being broken is the CG record. Pitchers don't get 75 starts in a season even if the focus switched back to the 4-man rotation. You could almost put Cy's 511 wins there, but it is at least in the realm of possibility no matter how small. Maddux started 714 games in his career, so the players at least have an opportunity.
I put that one at 0% also. To break it you would have to have a 20 game season for 25 years and then get 12 more wins in the 26th season. That is impossible IMO with the way relief pitchers are used, pitch counts, and 5 man rotations.
If Maddux would have won 512 of those 714 that is a 72% win percentage, that would be insane
It would definitely be insane. But possible (however minuscule) which the CG season isn't.
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by Phatferd » Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:22 pm 
