Greatest record in Baseball??

[2004RedSox]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=2433030

I was reading an article by Jason Stark (ESPN) that basically goes as follows from the link above:

If the biggest name in baseball can hit his 715th home run and nobody outside the 415 area code even claps, that should tell us something.

And not just about the man hitting the home run.

It should tell us something about what has become of the mighty home run itself.

When Barry Bonds and his cohorts in the Asterisk Generation can perform radical surgery to remove all the romance from one of the most romantic numbers in any sport -- 714 -- it's time to reevaluate.

So what is the best record in baseball? Homeruns seem to go comparitively ignored compared to some such as

Cal Ripken's consecutive attended games to Joe Dimagio's consecutive hit streak.

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* http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/s ... id=2433030

So what do all of you consider to be the best record in baseball? Feel free to go to the above link for some ideas, comments, etc.

[bigboy1234]

Fernando Tatis' 2 grand slams in one inning.

[TyCobb]

Basically Barry Bonds' 2004 season.

[Jose7]

Oral's 59 consecutive scoreless innings.

[High 5]

I like Rickey Henderson's stolen bases. Not the greatest, but my favorite.

[studcrackers]

[quote="Jose7

[studcrackers]

I like Rickey Henderson's stolen bases. Not the greatest, but my favorite.

IM THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME!!!

[TSC25]

I'm going with Rickey's stolen bases also. I dont see that one ever being beaten.

[ReasonablySober]

Dimaggio's 56 game hitting streak. When someone gets halfway there it's a big deal. Shouldn't that say it all?

[Rodanlee]

cubs 1906 record of 116-36, winning percentage of .763. I know people will say that the Mariners won 116 in 2001, but the cubs that year only played 152 games, 10 short of the normal 162 of today. based on that, plus the increasing amount of parody in the game, i don't think any team will ever come close to that record ever again... they would have to win about 123 to 124 games to have a similar winning percentage... absolutely ridiculous.

[Basketball Jesus]

Pete Rose's hit record.

[Modern_epic]

Pete Rose's hit record.

Who is Pete Rose?







Oh noz! You mentioned his name! PM me, I can get you into the Selig Protection Program.

[RaoulDuke79]

Yea I agree with Pete Rose's record, but Cy Youngs wins deserves a mention(come on, that won't ever even come CLOSE to being in danger).

[A.J.]

Imma have to go with Joe D's 56 game streak.

[Harry Palmer]

In terms of records least likely to be broken, the correct answer is Johnny Vander Meer's back-to-back no-hitters.

To beat it, someone would have to pitch 3 straight.

Not gonna happen.

[SwiLL2432]

Nobody is going to be the Iron man. There is no way IMO

[2004RedSox]

Dimaggio's 56 game hitting streak. When someone gets halfway there it's a big deal. Shouldn't that say it all?

I thought that out of the ones listed on the link, this stood out the most to me. It's not something you hear a lot of, but when you do it's a huge ordeal!

[travis minor]

Orals

[stro4swift]

Dimaggio's 56 game hitting streak. When someone gets halfway there it's a big deal. Shouldn't that say it all?

Definitly.

[Boston's Future]

7 Career No Hitters by Nolan Ryan