Records are meant to be broken.
When Babe Ruth retired after 22 major league seasons in 1936, he was baseball's all-time home run champ. The Babe's record of 714 homers stood for nearly 40 years. Then, in 1974, after 20 seasons in the bigs, Henry Aaron smacked #715. By the time he retired from the game two years later, Hammerin' Hank had added another 40 home runs to the record books.
After graduating from UCLA, basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar went on to play 22 seasons as a pro. When he retired in 1989, Cap had scored a record-setting 38,387 points. Either tonight or later this week, LeBron James, who is "only" in his 19th season, will become b-ball's all-time scoring leader. If he plays another 3 years, like Ruth, Aaron and Abdul-Jabbar did, then I imagine King James will retire having scored something like 40,000 points.
I love sports. Too bad I couldn't hit a curveball or run and dunk.
-DF
Interesting that this topic came up…….I haven’t been following Pro teams at all, but last week by mistake, I happened to turn on the tail end of a basketball game featuring the LA Lakers ( don’t remember the other team) Sure I have heard of Le Bron James but had never seen him play.
I was very impressed with not only his skills but his attitude toward others. He seems like a « classy » guy. I remembered asking someone about him but don’t think I got an answer. Unfortunately the Lakers went on to lose, but there was a questionable call at the end of the game. I like the variety of subjects for your « Thoughts for the day. »