by Knuckles the CLown » Thu Jan 09, 2020 8:57 am
pinback wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2019 6:33 am
There is a scenario (albeit very, very unlikely) that he holds this record for five days, and then loses it on Saturday to Tom Brady, and then gets it back the next day.
If this is the case, I definitely think there should be full-on celebrations and media coverage every time they surpass the record. They should have to take laps around the field saluting the fans every single time.
The All-time Strikeout record for Pitchers changed hands nearly 20 times in a 3 year period.
"Over a three-year period between 1982–1984, Carlton was involved in an interesting pitching duel with Nolan Ryan and Gaylord Perry, in which they often traded places at the top of the all-time strikeout list. At the start of the 1983 season, the 55-year-old mark of Walter Johnson was 3,508 strikeouts,[30] but there were three pitchers who were within 100 strikeouts of Johnson: Ryan (3,494), Perry (3,452), and Carlton (3,434). Ryan was the first to surpass Johnson on April 22, 1983 against the Montreal Expos. However a stint on the disabled list shortly after he set the record, combined with a spectacular season by Carlton, allowed Carlton to make up ground and on June 7, 1983, Carlton passed Ryan as the all-time strikeout king with 3,526 to Ryan's 3,524. "
They ended up with 19 lead changes and a tie between 82 and 85. Eventually Nolan Ryan went on to just lap the field with over 5,700 as the rest arms fell off.
I'd like to think there was a massive celebration daily as they past each other especially with someone named Gaylord involved.
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There is a scenario (albeit very, very unlikely) that he holds this record for five days, and then loses it on Saturday to Tom Brady, and then gets it back the next day.
If this is the case, I definitely think there should be full-on celebrations and media coverage every time they surpass the record. They should have to take laps around the field saluting the fans every single time.
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The All-time Strikeout record for Pitchers changed hands nearly 20 times in a 3 year period.
"Over a three-year period between 1982–1984, Carlton was involved in an interesting pitching duel with Nolan Ryan and Gaylord Perry, in which they often traded places at the top of the all-time strikeout list. At the start of the 1983 season, the 55-year-old mark of Walter Johnson was 3,508 strikeouts,[30] but there were three pitchers who were within 100 strikeouts of Johnson: Ryan (3,494), Perry (3,452), and Carlton (3,434). Ryan was the first to surpass Johnson on April 22, 1983 against the Montreal Expos. However a stint on the disabled list shortly after he set the record, combined with a spectacular season by Carlton, allowed Carlton to make up ground and on June 7, 1983, Carlton passed Ryan as the all-time strikeout king with 3,526 to Ryan's 3,524. "
They ended up with 19 lead changes and a tie between 82 and 85. Eventually Nolan Ryan went on to just lap the field with over 5,700 as the rest arms fell off.
I'd like to think there was a massive celebration daily as they past each other especially with someone named Gaylord involved.