Arod Ties Gehrig

[Brendan]

Originally Posted by drc

ARod used steroids.

So did all the pitchers from that era.

It seems much more likely to me that Dimaggio's record is broken than Ripken's or Young's. All it takes is a 57-game fluke and the record is broken. For the other two, it takes years upon years of consistent consecutive games or wins. Ripken's could probably be broken, but no way will Young's record be broken unless the entire way modern baseball is played changes.

[alanu]

Ripken also played in over 8,000 consecutive innings, although I'm not sure if they know if that's a record.

With Ryan's 5,714 K's, that's 300 for 19 years

I personally think it's more likely Dimaggio's hit streak will be broken than Ripken's consecutive game streak or Ryan's strikeout record.

[7nohitter]

A-Fraud should never be mentioned in the same breath as Gehrig....UNLESS the statement is something like: Lou Gehrig must be going nuts having to watch A-Fraud apply his purple lipstick."

You get the idea.

[Mikehealer]

Originally Posted by drc
ARod used steroids.

Originally Posted by Brendan

So did all the pitchers from that era.

Well that makes it ok then.

[esd10]

any player who used and admitted he used steroids should not be allowed (sorry) into the hof and acoplishments should not registered through that time they used.

[martyogelvie]

A-Rod matching Gehrig's 23 Grand Slams is a bit ho hum. I think anything ARod does is tarnished so its kind of like Bonds passing Aaron's all Time HR mark.. big deal.. It aggravates me a bit to even mention known juicers with Hall of Famers!!!

For what its worth, I think the ONLY unassailable mlb record is Cy Young's 511 wins. Think about it this way... A pitcher could win 20 games a year, 20 years in a row and he would still be 111 wins shy of Cy Young! CRAZY!