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Baseball, more than any sport, celebrates and honors its records. They are measuring sticks for greatness, goals to aspire to, and for a precious few, earn the honorable distinction of “unbreakable.”
On today’s episode, ARE records made to be broken? Nothing says tradition in baseball like the hallowed record book, and with the season finishing up this weekend, we are looking back at the 2022 season within the context of history. Records and milestones were set which of course opens the lens wider to a conversation about baseball’s record book. In the new era of analytics, numbers are more important than ever. But baseball has always been a sport in which numbers hold much more special significance. So we are going to take a look at new records being set, touch on those famed “unbreakable” records, and chat a bit about how grey Major League Baseball’s record book has become and if there’s a way past it.
By Joshua LewisBaseball, more than any sport, celebrates and honors its records. They are measuring sticks for greatness, goals to aspire to, and for a precious few, earn the honorable distinction of “unbreakable.”
On today’s episode, ARE records made to be broken? Nothing says tradition in baseball like the hallowed record book, and with the season finishing up this weekend, we are looking back at the 2022 season within the context of history. Records and milestones were set which of course opens the lens wider to a conversation about baseball’s record book. In the new era of analytics, numbers are more important than ever. But baseball has always been a sport in which numbers hold much more special significance. So we are going to take a look at new records being set, touch on those famed “unbreakable” records, and chat a bit about how grey Major League Baseball’s record book has become and if there’s a way past it.