It could've been multiple choice....
There are several on the list that won't be broken (and several that won't that weren't on the list either)....
But that said, Cy Young, Ripken and Nolan Ryan's No-hitter and K records will never been broken.
511 wins is crazy (and his 316 career losses won't be touched either)...
2632 games is over 16 years straight. Ripken also holds the consecutive innings streak although it's unofficial at 8243 consecutive innings. That won't be touched either.
7 No-hitters? Ha right. The MLB went something like 3 years here just recently between no-nos (Randy Johnson's perfect game to Anibal Sanchez's No-no last summer). If someone as dominating as the Big Unit didn't have a no-no until he was 39 years old, there isn't anyone that will approach it, much less eclipse it. Same with the strike out record.
The all-time triples record is 36, which won't ever been touched either. The ballparks of today are way too different from when that record was set (1912). IN fact 4 of the top 5 weren't even in the 20th century.
Bonds impending homer record will be broken by A-Rod (assuming he stays healthy) and if not ARod, then Andruw Jones.
So let's see how I did 12 years later...
- Obviously, no one has gotten close to Cy Young. Randy Johnson ended up with 303 wins. Sabathia is probably going to end up within 1 or 2 wins of 255. Maddux - arguably the best modern-era pitcher, ended with 355. The only guy within 100 of Cy Young is Walter Johnson, and he's been dead for going on 80 years. Never going to be approached again much less broken.
- The Ripken streak is ridiculous on many levels, but ultimately, this isn't going to be approached either. In the past 3 years, only 3 players on average in any season have played all 162 games. The era has changed, how players are used have changed and that's that. 3rd all time behind Ripken and Gehrig is a guy named Everett Scott...at 1307 consecutive.
- 7 no-hitters? I don't think MLB has had 7 no-nos in the past 10 years. Anyway, no one is going to pitch long enough to get 7 or be used long enough in games to get there. The last no-hitter was Mike Fiers against the Reds this year.
- Hunter Dozier hit 2 triples in a game in April and has none since. Ball parks aren't configured in a triple-friendly way and now most of the teams are looking more for homers anyway.
- Bonds has the homer record with an asterisk. A-Roid was exposed as a fraud and his roid usage ended up shortening his career due to his hips failing. Ironically, Andruw Jones' last year as a full time player was 2007 when I made this post. He struggled with injuries (and then weight) for the remaining 5 seasons of his career, which sapped his productivity and power, not to mention his ability to play nearly every day. At the end of 2007, he had 368 homers by the age of 30. His previous 5 seasons up to that point had produced 36, 29, 51, 41 and 26 homers for an average of 36-37 per year. If he would have played 10 more years (to the age of 40) it's conceivable he could have challenged for the record if he had lasted in the league. He didn't. Now it's guys like Mike Trout (270 homers and counting through age 27) and maybe Bryce Harper (207 and still in his age 26 year) who have theoretical shots, but I don't think Harper is a good enough hitter to get there and I think Trout will slow down simply because the every day center fielder role will wear on him as he gets older.
