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Originally Posted by matskralc
Will White's 680 innings (or 2906 batters faced) in 1879.  |
That's just bollocks.
Did you intentionally go looking for the most irrlevant record ever?
(No offense intended to the dead man or any of his living relatives, if they are even aware of this record).
I thinmk, WITHOUT a doubt, the single HARDEST record to beat is going to be Joe D's hit streak.
Every time a player gets to 20 or 30 games on a hit streak these days it's an accomplishment, and the media starts talking about Dimaggio's streak . . . it's a complete and utter joke.
I don't know that record will ever be broken.
Period.
If anyone can present a viable argument as to why it will be broken, I'd love to hear it . . . because the stamina, skill and concentration needed to hit in one third of your teams games in a row is simply superhuman.
Today's players just aren't up for that sort of challenge.