We’re more likely to see an NBAer match Russell’s 11 titles than to see an MLBer match DiMaggio’s 9. The natural variance of the sport virtually ensures that a baseball superteam won’t monopolize the hardware the way a dominant basketball team theoretically could.
While I think your larger point holds true, Yogi matched and surpassed Joltin Joe's 9.
1981. That’s pretty damn recent. Baseball still goes with 1903 as the beginning of the modern era for example. But, the thread has run its course; bowing out here.
I think a player could get to 11 finals(Magic made it to 9, Lebron 8 so far), but to thread the needle and win all of them is the real trick.
Maybe. But it definitely could happen, it's hard to put this record up against some of the others in this thread.
Plus with modern rules it’s going to be broken. I’m actually surprised it hasn’t already.
Typically, seasons played with scabs have a ton of outliers - and that one is no exception. The scabs had a bigger positive effect for Rice than the shortened season had a negative one. Moss's record is way more impressive to me.
A current guy (Brees) is only 10 behind him now. The way passing records are falling every year, I wouldn't say this is unbreakable.
Number of teams played for doesn’t necessarily have a positive correlation with games played or on the field success, though.
Good point, though I think the fact that a QB like Testaverde -- a decent journeyman -- is right there with Brady suggests that moving from team to team lets you rack them up. But yeah, you've got to be good enough to play and throw TDs too.
It is surprising, you’re right. Manny came fairly close in ‘99: 165 in 144 games, a 182 pace.
To put this in context, Phil Mickelson has played in every Masters since 1995 - and is still only just over halfway to Player's record.
Well...I suppose it's possible there's another earthquake or mid-game blizzard that forces a game to be cancelled in the 3rd inning or something.
There's zero chance he plays in another 20. He can barely walk and had to wear a legit back brace out there this year to even finish the tourney.
