Monday, August 13, 2007
Greatest Record in All of Sports?
ESPN is asking this question. I believe I stated this in an earlier post, but in my opinion, the greatest record in all of sports is Cal Ripken Jr.'s consecutive games played streak of 2,632. Come to think of it, any record involving consecutive anything deserves to be recognized. Think about it. All it takes is one miss and the streak is done, and you have to start all over again from the very beginning. Aside from any normal human bodily function, is there anything that you consistently do everyday without ever missing a day? Cal never missed a game in I think 17 consecutive seasons! Can you imagine never missing a day of work? If my memory serves me right I think Ripken sat out the next game on purpose in order to break his own streak. The man could have probably gone on for god knows how much longer. Simply amazing. I'd love to hear what record other people think is the greatest in all of sports.
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Jerry Rice's NFL TD record. Scoring 200+ TDs at the Wide Receiver position is incredibly difficult. A Running Back touches the ball at least 20 to 30 times per game. A wide-receiver is lucky to get 10 looks and 5 catches, so to own this record as a wide-receiver is extremely impressive, and it is unlikely that a wide-receiver will ever come close to scoring as many TDs as Rice.
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