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I was talking to a friend who's wife is from Sri Lanka (relevancy will appear in a minute) about some of the craziest sports records out there. I talked about Wilt's 55 rebounds game and the 50.4 points per game (i think those are both significantly tougher to top than 100 points in a game, though that's such a classic number.)

He brought back something about cricket I had never seen and it's totally insane:
Completed Test career batting averages
Don Bradman (AUS) 99.94
Adam Voges (AUS) 61.87
Graeme Pollock (RSA) 60.97
George Headley (WI) 60.83
Herbert Sutcliffe (ENG) 60.73
Eddie Paynter (ENG) 59.23
Ken Barrington (ENG) 58.67
Everton Weekes (WI) 58.61
Wally Hammond (ENG) 58.45
Garfield Sobers (WI) 57.78

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Anyway started reading CLR James classic cricket book Beyond a Boundary, very good book.
 
MarshallGoldberg said:
I was talking to a friend who's wife is from Sri Lanka (relevancy will appear in a minute) about some of the craziest sports records out there. I talked about Wilt's 55 rebounds game and the 50.4 points per game (i think those are both significantly tougher to top than 100 points in a game, though that's such a classic number.)

He brought back something about cricket I had never seen and it's totally insane:
Completed Test career batting averages
Don Bradman (AUS) 99.94
Adam Voges (AUS) 61.87
Graeme Pollock (RSA) 60.97
George Headley (WI) 60.83
Herbert Sutcliffe (ENG) 60.73
Eddie Paynter (ENG) 59.23
Ken Barrington (ENG) 58.67
Everton Weekes (WI) 58.61
Wally Hammond (ENG) 58.45
Garfield Sobers (WI) 57.78

bradman-cricket-batting-average.png



Anyway started reading CLR James classic cricket book Beyond a Boundary, very good book.
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this would be more interesting if anyone in this country understood anything about cricket..
 
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I don't really! It's a pretty insane record though. 4 runs short of 1000, i think a slight dip coming at the end of his career
 
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MarshallGoldberg said:
I was talking to a friend who's wife is from Sri Lanka (relevancy will appear in a minute) about some of the craziest sports records out there. I talked about Wilt's 55 rebounds game and the 50.4 points per game (i think those are both significantly tougher to top than 100 points in a game, though that's such a classic number.)

He brought back something about cricket I had never seen and it's totally insane:
Completed Test career batting averages
Don Bradman (AUS) 99.94
Adam Voges (AUS) 61.87
Graeme Pollock (RSA) 60.97
George Headley (WI) 60.83
Herbert Sutcliffe (ENG) 60.73
Eddie Paynter (ENG) 59.23
Ken Barrington (ENG) 58.67
Everton Weekes (WI) 58.61
Wally Hammond (ENG) 58.45
Garfield Sobers (WI) 57.78

bradman-cricket-batting-average.png



Anyway started reading CLR James classic cricket book Beyond a Boundary, very good book.
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From the Cheap Seats; These are runs scored per at bats. It would be compiled by taking the total number of runs he produced in Test matches and dividing it by his number of at bats. A Century is a very good score.
 
MarshallGoldberg said:
I was talking to a friend who's wife is from Sri Lanka (relevancy will appear in a minute) about some of the craziest sports records out there. I talked about Wilt's 55 rebounds game and the 50.4 points per game (i think those are both significantly tougher to top than 100 points in a game, though that's such a classic number.)

He brought back something about cricket I had never seen and it's totally insane:
Completed Test career batting averages
Don Bradman (AUS) 99.94
Adam Voges (AUS) 61.87
Graeme Pollock (RSA) 60.97
George Headley (WI) 60.83
Herbert Sutcliffe (ENG) 60.73
Eddie Paynter (ENG) 59.23
Ken Barrington (ENG) 58.67
Everton Weekes (WI) 58.61
Wally Hammond (ENG) 58.45
Garfield Sobers (WI) 57.78

bradman-cricket-batting-average.png



Anyway started reading CLR James classic cricket book Beyond a Boundary, very good book.
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While I appreciate the effort, I know absolutely nothing about cricket and therefore cannot comment.

However, allow me to instead give a shout out to the most impressive feat in sports that I am certain will never be duplicated.

Of course I’m speaking of Mario Lemieux’s scoring five goals in one game in each of the different ways possible - even strength, pp, shorty, empty net and penalty shot.

With all of the amazing things Lemeuix did in his career, I believe this feat is grossly overlooked.

First, there have been only 60 some 5 some goal games in the history of the NHL inlcuding only about 30 in the last 50 years and just 3 this millennium. So that alone is incredibly rare.

But no one else scored five different ways. I don’t think anyone has ever even scored four different ways.

The circumstances which fell into place to provide the opportunity for scoring five different ways are astronomical small. The chances for that alone are so tiny (especially the penalty shot or even the chance at the need for an empty net goal in a game when you’ve scored 4 goals).

Enjoy it, because it will never happen again.
 
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DT_PITT said:
Enjoy it, because it will never happen again.
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Yeah, it probably won't, but not because it's an unrepeatable feat. After all, as you point out other players have scored five goals in a game. Several have scored six. One guy scored seven (Joe Malone, Sam's grandfather). But as great as Lemieux's feat was, that's a record of "happenstance" rather than talent (acknowledging that of course, it takes a lot of talent to do that). It's like when the baseball announcer says that so and so is hitting .500 with three home runs in the fourth inning of Tuesday afternoon games that start before 1:00. It may be true, and it may have taken talent to get those hits, but that "record" is a record of circumstances, not of talent.

Earlier this season James Harden scored 61 points in a game that he also had 15 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals. I haven't checked, but I'll bet that's the only time in NBA history that a guy has had a 61-15-4-5 line. Similar to Lemieux, it's a great feat that will probably never happen again. But the amazing thing isn't the specific combination of things that got Harden to 61-15-4-5, just like the amazing thing about what Lemiuex did isn't the five different ways, it's the scoring five goals in a game.
 
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One off events almost should have their own category because they CAN happen at a higher but still miniscule rate again but that shouldn't detract from their achievement.

The hardest records to break imho are longevity ones from another era: Cy Young's 749 complete games is a classic. CC Sebathia has 30-some, the leader among active players.
 
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The hardest records to break imho are longevity ones from another era: Cy Young's 749 complete games is a classic. CC Sebathia has 30-some, the leader among active players.
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absolutely agree

a ballplayer could average 200 hits a season for 20 seasons.....and still be more than 400 hits shy of Pete Rose all time hits leader.
 
MarshallGoldberg said:
One off events almost should have their own category because they CAN happen at a higher but still miniscule rate again but that shouldn't detract from their achievement.

The hardest records to break imho are longevity ones from another era: Cy Young's 749 complete games is a classic. CC Sebathia has 30-some, the leader among active players.
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In the next 30-50 years, it’s hard to see a pitcher even getting 100 complete games in a career.
 
Is competitive eating a Sport ? Some say yes!

International Federation of Competitive Eating

Just ask Joey Chestnut.


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These records will be hard to beat!

Joey Chestnut’s Most Horrifying Eating Records
Hot Dogs
Record: 73.5 hot dogs and buns
Time: 10 minutes
Calories: 20,580
Equivalent to: 29.4 slices of Strawberry Cheesecake

Apple Pie
Record: 4.375 three-pound pies.
Time: 8 minutes
Calories: 26,040
Equivalent to: 44 Big Macs

Deep Fried Asparagus
Record: 12 pounds, 9 ounces.
Time: 10 minutes
Calories: 22,950

Or The Black Widow Sonya Thomas
Sonya Thomas is "The Black Widow" of Competitive Eating: 39 World Records

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Here's just a few of them.

April 27, 2013, Atmore, AL (Foodablooza): 445 Oysters (37 Dozen + 1) in 5 minutes.

Dec 7, 2012, LA, CA (Ricki Lake Show): 15 Extra Large Hard-Boiled Eggs in 1 minute.

July 4, 2012, Coney Island, NYC, NY: 45 Hot Dogs and Buns in 10 minutes (Women's World Record).

June 3, 2012, New Orleans, LA: 47 Dozen Acme Oysters in 8 minutes.

November 22, 2011, NYC: 5.25 lbs of (Wild Turkey 81) Turkey meat from a whole 10-lbs Turkey in 10 minutes.
 
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DT_PITT said:
Of course I’m speaking of Mario Lemieux’s scoring five goals in one game in each of the different ways possible - even strength, pp, shorty, empty net and penalty shot.

With all of the amazing things Lemeuix did in his career, I believe this feat is grossly overlooked.

But no one else scored five different ways. I don’t think anyone has ever even scored four different ways.

The circumstances which fell into place to provide the opportunity for scoring five different ways are astronomical small. The chances for that alone are so tiny (especially the penalty shot or even the chance at the need for an empty net goal in a game when you’ve scored 4 goals).

Enjoy it, because it will never happen again.
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There's a lot of luck involved there, especially to get a penalty shot opportunity in addition to the other 4 types of goals.
 
This strike outs in one season record might stay around a while.

Mark Reynolds CRockies 2009 223 strikeouts in one season.

In 2016 The Wind Machine Adam Dunn came close with 222.

Mark Reynolds has the honor of being in a number of top spots on the

one season strike-out list.​

The only way this record gets broken is if I become an MLB guy and

there's a 100% certainty that won't happen.

The days of "swinging for the fences" with every at bat are over, and the

hitters are to skilled today to be this bad.

Steroids, corked bats ( Sammy Sossa Autograph Model), are in the rear

view mirror.

Get on base Sonny.

But you never know records are made to be broken!
 
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BuffetParrothead said:
This strike outs in one season record might stay around a while.

Mark Reynolds CRockies 2009 223 strikeouts in one season.

In 2016 The Wind Machine Adam Dunn came close with 222.

The only way this record gets broken is if I become an MLB guy and

there's a 100% certainty that won't happen.

The days of "swinging for the fences" with every at bat are over, and the

hitters are to skilled today to be this bad.

Steroids, corked bats ( Sammy Sossa Autograph Model), are in the rear

view mirror.

Get on base Sonny.

But you never know records are made to be broken!

Mark Reynolds has the honor of being in a number of top spots on the

one season strike-out list.
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I don't think so, striking out is more common than ever.

WINS by pitchers is the most difficult IMO, hardly anyone gets to 20 anymore, also, CG and IP, those will never be broken, they barely let guys go 5 innings anymore, they even remove guys in the middle of no hitters.
 
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I don't think so, striking out is more common than ever.

WINS by pitchers is the most difficult IMO, hardly anyone gets to 20 anymore, also, CG and IP, those will never be broken, they barely let guys go 5 innings anymore, they even remove guys in the middle of no hitters.
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Well the single season strikeout record is ten years old and still standing!

I referenced the single season strikeout record.
I have no idea what your post meant but it had nothing to do with the single season strikeout record.
Concentrate!

Starting pitchers don't go as long as they used to but the bullpens are deep "boutique" pens where you can match up one pitcher against one great hitter, the pen guys who are 7th and 8th inning specialists with usually good closers.

Let me know when this strike-out record is broken.

If I'm not on here send the message to Hilton Head SC I'll pick it up there!
 
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BuffetParrothead said:
Well the single season strikeout record is ten years old and still standing!

I referenced the single season strikeout record.
I have no idea what your post meant but it had nothing to do with the single season strikeout record.
Concentrate!

Starting pitchers don't go as long as they used to but the bullpens are deep "boutique" pens where you can match up one pitcher against one great hitter, the pen guys who are 7th and 8th inning specialists with usually good closers.

Let me know when this strike-out record is broken.

If I'm not on here send the message to Hilton Head SC I'll pick it up there!
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So I'm right and you're wrong, the SO record is likely to fall eventually, records for Wins, CG, innings etc. will never fall.
 
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