RTNAR

Record That's Not a Record: Seeking justice for stats the media insists are records. Submissions and debate welcomed.

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@MLBStats @Phillies Great stat… Schwarber is great… but is this a record? Is “home runs in consecutive series” a record in the media guide?” #rtnar

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@Moerms Guinness has their own wing at the Record That’s Not a Record headquarters. So this is not a record. And if it was, I would question how, as the pineapple was inefficiently cut up and was slowly at that.
#notarecord

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@Moerms Hopefully Cespedes isn’t getting the flak I used to get when I was on my RTNAR game- “you don’t know what a record is!”

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So Cee Dee Lamb has the Dallas record for yards in a night game. What’s next? Yards in a 1pm game, on the road?
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@czabe Preach Czabe!
#notastat

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@AdamSchefter No big deal, b/c preseason records aren’t a thing.
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@Simitachi @ESPNStatsInfo @EliasSports You missed my point, Bud. It was about crafting ridiculous stats.

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@ESPNStatsInfo Is there a record for TD passes in a guy’s first 199 starts? 201? Nice arbitrary stat, but
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If I heard correctly, Mark Andrews has the Ravens record for consecutive games with 3 catches. Arbitrary stat? Yes. Logged in the team record book? No way.
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@Moerms He also holds the record for sitting in his canoe… in his garage. This is just a guy doing something nobody else wants to do…
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@Moerms On a show such as SNL, there are few records: Number of guest hosting gigs? Maybe number of times a sketch reoccurred? So let’s have some fun. I’ll allow it.
#itsarecord

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@czabe Thanks for the shout out @czabe. Damn right it’s not a record. It’s a stat. For the newbies out there, sure, it might qualify as one, but let’s save “records” for special achievements.
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@AndrewSimonMLB So we can put that in the MLB record books, right in between the 9 and 11 game records, right? Or is this a arbitrary stat? I’ll go with the latter.
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@czabe Congrats Czabe! You are the bestest!

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@ESPNStatsInfo @EliasSports Congrats. You have outdone even yourselves. I’m not even sure this qualifies as a “fun fact,” let alone a stat. You deserve everything you get in the comment section.
@czabe

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@Deers1 @Moerms

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@realtuffjuice Appreciate this, Caron. Fight the good fight. I have for over a decade.
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#madeupstats

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So we’re clear, “rushing yards in first 4 career postseason games”- nice stat, not reported a record but it will be for certain, but...
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