harlond

Well, that isn't actually a record, the record being Hugh Duffy's .440 in 1894. That year, 1894, was one of those years in which everybody hit for average--the league BA was .309, so I'm not suggesting that Duffy's achievement exceeds Williams' (when the league BA was .266), just that the conditions were as favorable for high BAs as could be. The year Garciaparra hit .372 the league BA was .276. We can have another .400 hitter, we just need a season in which a league averages .300 or better.

Edited to add, well, that and a batter having a great year for BA.

classic1

lol. Are you insinuating that the Chinese CHEAT?

I used to roll around on the floor laughing when the Chinese womens swim team was shown on the telly. Bloody frightening.

ed073

Shoulders like Lote Tuquiri...

classic1

Ok. The record to top them all.

Tasmanian cricket legend David Boon drank 52 cans of VB beer between Sydney and London.

Boonie is an Aussie hero.

ed073

classic1

What an athlete.

Fantastic tasche as well.

Wilchemy

Saw the "Keg on Legs" wandering around in the Members at the G on Boxing Day. Even MCC members give a cheer when Boony walks past

merckxxx

I dont know about anyone else but this is UNREAL!!!!! A CYCLING RECORD THAT I CANNOT COMPREHEND


https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/...odland_greaves

Keith99

Actually if trends continue this may well fall. Compare to Wooden, 20-22 game season and only 4 possible tournament games. No surprise if 20 years from now the season is 6-10 games longer than it is now (counting invitationals) and that someone eventually breaks this one.

Keith99

Finally back to cycling! BUT Cipo only broke one of Bindas stage records. His 12 stage wins in a single Giro looks good for 70 more years or more.

RockyMtnMerlin

How can anyone ride over 80,000 miles in one year? That is a double century plus every stinking day!!!!
Even the official record of 75000+ would require a double century every day.

Laggard

Marciano's 49-0 record
Schumacher's 7 championships
Jerry Rice's receiving yards
Ripkens 2632 consecutive games
Favre's 230+ game streak

Keith99

I'd go with this one over any listed so far:

At the Big Ten meet in Ann Arbor on May 25, 1935, Jesse set three world records and tied a fourth, all in a span of about 45 minutes.

EDIT:

Some sources count this as 5 broken as his times in the 220 yeard and 220 hurdles broke the records for the equalivent 200 meter events (those events are about 1 meter shorter).

iab

Be careful, I believe they can legally torture you for saying his name. As an expatriated Cheesehead living south of the border, life can be dangerous.

patentcad

You know, you can tell it's mid-winter from the threads like this one : ).

ed073

You're joking aren't ya?? you could fry an egg on my car today!!

patentcad

Your toilets swirl the wrong way too.

ed073

lol...

urban myth, tho.


But we do have a public holiday for a horse race, eat kangaroos and play cricket better than anyone

patentcad

I rode 13,715 miles in 2006, and that was a LOT of riding, an AVERAGE of 37.57 miles every single day over a 365 day span. Riding 75K miles on a bicycle (more than 5 TIMES my total, by far a lifetime high for me) is utterly around the bend, mind blowing, incomprehensible to me. At 17mph (a somewhat optimistic and rather brisk average speed for a fit adult male cyclist riding that volume) you would have to spend 11-12 HOURS PER DAY on the bike FOR 365 DAYS STRAIGHT to eclipse that mark.

I'd say that 75,000 mark is rather secure. Anybody feel like 'going for it' in 2007? Hurry. 3 days are gone already. By the way, I move that if you break that record, we forgoe all drug testing. EPO, cocaine, amphetamines - I'd say whatever you need would be fine.

Oh yeah, I'd say the same thing to anyone who wants to win seven Tour de France races. Whatever works. Let us know if you win them, and we'll start the drug inquisition afterwards. That's how they did it with Lance.

531Aussie

yes, it's the Great Cornholio effect

531Aussie

I think Val Perovic has a similar record: something like 37 cans in 2 or 3 hrs

MacMan

I once did 10 pints of Theakston's Old Peculiar in 3 hours at uni after playing the local Army base rugby club. The 10 pints did little to dull the pain. Nothing close to 37 tins of fizz I'll admit ...

ed073

Brilliant!

classic1

Good pick up Ozman. I was gonna mention that. There's a plaque on the wall at the 'Duke of Wellington' apparently.

MacMan

The last Ashes series was painful. You buggers aren't human. There's only 20 million or so of you for staters, naff-all actually play cricket or Union for that matter and yet look at the results. WTF are you people putting in the water over there?! My uncle went over 35 years ago ... often wonder why my father didn't follow.

[edit] On a completely tangental note ... seeing Dennis Lillie in real life was a thing of grace. Nobody will ever have an action like that ever again. It was so sublime you never actually knew just how lethally fast the guy really was.[/edit]