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Posted: July 12 2011 at 12:00

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Posted: July 12 2011 at 11:50

Take away steroids and home run records do not reflect that

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Posted: July 12 2011 at 10:14

As pitching gets better hitters will adjust and get better. The game is cyclic.

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Posted: July 12 2011 at 09:33

As pitching gets better I wonder who these 50 home run men will be?

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Posted: July 12 2011 at 08:41

If we play baseball for another 150 years I'm pretty sure all of those records will be broken and replaced by similarly unbreakable ones. The six grandslams in one year in particular. Give me a guy hitting 50 HR a year. It's only a matter of time before 3 people happen to be on base for 7 of them.

Edited by Equality 7-2521 - July 12 2011 at 08:42

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Posted: July 11 2011 at 18:20

timothy leary wrote:

I doubt anyone will break Don Mattingly's six grand slams in one year

Yeah I doubt it as well.
Hell, no one managed to break it even through the roid era.

Same for Rose and Ripken Jr
Some records will never be broken.

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Posted: July 11 2011 at 17:50

I doubt anyone will break Don Mattingly's six grand slams in one year

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Posted: July 11 2011 at 17:19

manofmystery wrote:

rushfan4 wrote:

Padraic wrote:

Amend question to start at 1938 and

F) Johnny Vander Meer's two consecutive no-hitters

will be the correct answer.

G) Denny McLain 30+ wins in 1968. Will anyone ever win 30 games in a season again with a 5-man rotation and 162 game season. 5-man rotation basically means that a starting pitcher is only going to make 32 or 33 starts during the year.

Right idea, wrong player/total:

Hoss Radbourn won 59 games in 1884

Also, Vander Meer's 21 consecutive hitless innings will never be touched

And while I'm at it: Rickey Henderson's run's scored record is a complete joke. I hate when players limp on years after they should retire just to break a record. That goes for you too, Emmitt Smith.

Yes, but Denny Mclain was the last pitcher to reach 30 wins, and that was what I was referring to.

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Posted: July 11 2011 at 17:12

rushfan4 wrote:

Padraic wrote:

Amend question to start at 1938 and

F) Johnny Vander Meer's two consecutive no-hitters

will be the correct answer.

Right idea, wrong player/total:

Hoss Radbourn won 59 games in 1884

Also, Vander Meer's 21 consecutive hitless innings will never be touched

And while I'm at it: Rickey Henderson's run's scored record is a complete joke. I hate when players limp on years after they should retire just to break a record. That goes for you too, Emmitt Smith.

Time always wins.

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Posted: July 11 2011 at 13:43

Equality 7-2521 wrote:

I hope they buy at the deadline and make a run for it.

Not likely, although they are not happy with Overbay's production at the moment. If Garrett Jones would pick up where he left off ;last year Overbay wouldn't be in the lineup. They were talking yesterday how the Buccos got to make a choice on Maholm's option of 9.75M next year. This all goes back to them picking up any more money this year. No money for a small market team.

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Posted: July 11 2011 at 13:34

I hope they buy at the deadline and make a run for it.

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Posted: July 11 2011 at 13:20

The Buccos are a game out and still above .500. Do you believe in miracles?

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Posted: July 11 2011 at 13:19

rushfan4 wrote:

Padraic wrote:

Amend question to start at 1938 and

F) Johnny Vander Meer's two consecutive no-hitters

will be the correct answer.

30 wins seems pretty safe when teams see pitchers as more as an investment these days. You never heard of pitch counts back in the 60's. What about 40 wins by a pitcher or 511 wins as well?

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Posted: July 11 2011 at 12:45

He got caught 42 times.

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Posted: July 11 2011 at 12:21

^ Hmmm....I'm liking this stat as one to not be broken.

- 0.80 SB per game to match Ricky. Total bases has to be pretty good as you need to get on base somehow.....hit, walk, HBP, Error, SAC, FC..

In Ricky's 130 SB season, how many times did he get caught?

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Posted: July 11 2011 at 12:07

Catcher10 wrote:

What about SB? Ricky Henderson has about 1400 I think in his career?? And single season is like 130 something...that seems pretty unlikely.

RIckey had 1406. Rickey had 130. There was a Hugh Nicol who had 138 steals in 1887, but that isn't included in the modern era records.

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Posted: July 11 2011 at 12:04

Career Strikeouts - Reggie Jackson - 2597 (Jim Thome is at 2431 and Brandon Inge or Ryan Raburn may strike out enough times this year alone to pass him).

Caught Stealing - Rickey Henderson - 335

Losses - Cy Young - 316

BBs - Nolan Ryan - 2795

Errors - Herman Long - 1096

Double Plays Grounded Into - Cal Ripken - 350 (Pudge is at 336)

Outs Made - Pete Rose - 10328

Earned Runs - Cy Young - 2147

Wild Pitches - Nolan Ryan - 277 (although a Tony Mullane had 343 in the 1800's)

Edited by rushfan4 - July 11 2011 at 12:11

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Posted: July 11 2011 at 12:00

What about SB? Ricky Henderson has about 1400 I think in his career?? And single season is like 130 something...that seems pretty unlikely.

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Posted: July 11 2011 at 11:50

rushfan4 wrote:

[QUOTE=Equality 7-2521] Maybe more appropriately, Cy Young's career win record should also be on that list, as well as his career loss record.

That's another list I would like to see.......a "negative" list like losses, errors, BB, K's.....so on

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Posted: July 11 2011 at 11:47

McLain was 31 and 6 with a 1.96 era in 1968. He started 41 games and had decisions in 37 of them. He threw 28 complete games that year. With most pitchers not named Doc Halladay or Justin Verlander taken out of most starts after the 6th inning. McLain ended his career with only 131 wins, so 1968 was one hell of a year for him.