Post by Caesar on May 8, 2006 15:42:22 GMT -8
Found this somewhere. Quite interesting.
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Joel Rudikoff of Joel Rudikoff Art Books recently asked which Major League baseball records by individual players are unlikely ever to be broken. The proprietor of Appledore Books responded to Mr. Rudikoff by suggesting the career number of wins as pitcher by Cy Young (1867-1955). The Ohio-born right-hander, who pitched the first perfect game in American league history in 1904, won a career total of 511 games. Mr. Ruditkoff said he was likely to agree, but honed his question to ask which single-season baseball records by individual players are virtually unbreakable.
Mr. Ruditkoff offered the following feats: pitching two no hitters in a row, performed by Johnny Vander Meer in June 1938; and hitting two grand slams in a single inning, as Fernando Tatis did at Dodger Stadium in 1999. Mr. Ruditkoff said one would have to pitch three no-hitters in a row or hit three grand slams in a single inning to break these records. "If you do the math," Mr. Ruditkoff said, one would discover just how difficult it would be to accomplish.
Public relations maven Sy Presten informed the Knickerbocker of a record that will never be broken. In 1902, pitcher George Edward "Rube" Waddell struck out a side on nine pitches.
"How can you top that?" said Mr. Presten, "You can tie it. But you can't top it."
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Joel Rudikoff of Joel Rudikoff Art Books recently asked which Major League baseball records by individual players are unlikely ever to be broken. The proprietor of Appledore Books responded to Mr. Rudikoff by suggesting the career number of wins as pitcher by Cy Young (1867-1955). The Ohio-born right-hander, who pitched the first perfect game in American league history in 1904, won a career total of 511 games. Mr. Ruditkoff said he was likely to agree, but honed his question to ask which single-season baseball records by individual players are virtually unbreakable.
Mr. Ruditkoff offered the following feats: pitching two no hitters in a row, performed by Johnny Vander Meer in June 1938; and hitting two grand slams in a single inning, as Fernando Tatis did at Dodger Stadium in 1999. Mr. Ruditkoff said one would have to pitch three no-hitters in a row or hit three grand slams in a single inning to break these records. "If you do the math," Mr. Ruditkoff said, one would discover just how difficult it would be to accomplish.
Public relations maven Sy Presten informed the Knickerbocker of a record that will never be broken. In 1902, pitcher George Edward "Rube" Waddell struck out a side on nine pitches.
"How can you top that?" said Mr. Presten, "You can tie it. But you can't top it."
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