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I think I'll repost some of my blog posts from Pastapadre's site here, because to be honest I don't think anyone reads them there lol.
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Unbeatable game / season / career feats, part II

Posted 05-01-2009 at 09:34 AM by Cryolemon
Following up my previous one of these, I just thought I'd do some more (There are plenty across the world of sports)

Nolan Ryan's 7 no-hitters

Not much explanation required here I hope. Most pitchers would be happy with 1 no-hitter in their career, but 7 is madness. Cy Young "only" got 4. He'll hold this record at least as long as he holds the strikeout record, probably longer. You could come back in 200 years time and he'll still have this record.

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Rarely used rules

Posted 01-31-2009 at 06:40 PM by Cryolemon
Most people know most of the rules of their favourite sport, but there are always one or two things that don't get used too often. This post celebrates those rules that aren't used that often.

The back pass rule - Soccer

Most people probably don't even know this exists, it's a fairly obscure rule, but it's the reason I made this post, it was used in an EPL game today between Aston Villa and Wigan. From wikipedia, "These clauses prohibit the goalkeeper from intentionally...
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Ambidextrous athletes

Posted 01-28-2009 at 06:28 AM by Cryolemon
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This will be a fairly short post, partly because I'm posting it from college, and partly because there's only 2 people I can really talk about. For the purposes of this, I'm ignoring Switch hitting in baseball because compared to these 2 it's fairly common (although hitting a home run from both sides of the plate in one game is one hell of a feat).

Ronnie O'sullivan - Snooker
He is one of the only snooker players who can play consistently well both both hands. In 1995, when he...
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"Unbeatable" season / career records.

Posted 01-20-2009 at 10:45 AM by Cryolemon
Like I mentioned in my previous blog post, there is only one career record that I consider truly unbeatable, and it might surprise you. Most of these would take some beating, but I think all but the first are just about beatable.

Don Bradman's career average of 99.94 in test cricket

In cricket your batting average is worked out by the number of runs you score divided by the number of times you are out, so being not out in a game really helps your average. Say you batted...
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"Unbreakable" feats

Posted 01-12-2009 at 09:17 PM by Cryolemon
There are only 2 single game feats in sport (and maybe 1 career record) that I consider truly unbreakable. They are the first 2 on this list. One of them would require a set of fairly unique circumstances, a lot of luck and a guy who was massively talented, the other would require certifiable insanity, a HUGE amount of luck, and a guy who was both insane and hugely talented.

Aside from these 2 there are various other feats that could be called "nearly unbreakable". I'm only...
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