...records that could in theory be beaten anyway.
This is always a fun conversation amongst baseball fans, and since we have a bunch, let's do it here on AoG. Baseball fans have a much stronger connection to the history of the game than any other sports fans. Part of that is just baseball's legacy, but a lot of it is just the different mentality that baseball fans have. Baseball fans tend to be more patient and cerebral, so they care more about these kinds of questions. In contrast, few football fans really care if the single season rushing record is broken again.