Under the Lights

July 05, 2008 11:55 pm

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Unbreakable records

These records may never be broken:

Record%Sport%Who%When

Oldest Olympic medalist%Running deer double-shot%Oscar Swahn (72)%1920

Wins in a season%NASCAR%Richard Petty (27)%1967

Season scoring%Basketball%Wilt Chamberlain (50.4)%1961-62

Youngest major leaguer%Baseball%Joe Nuxhall (15 years, 11 months)%1944

Longest unbeaten streak%H.S. wrestling%Brandon (Fla.)%1973-2008

Not a fan in sight

On June 14, the Iowa Cubs defeated the Nashville Sounds in a game in which the attendance was zero. With the city of Des Moines under a voluntary evacuation order due to flooding, the I-Cubs decided not to allow any fans into the stadium. After the game, pitcher Sean Marshall compared the experience to playing at Wrigley Field: "Instead of 42,000 screaming fans, we had eight screaming staff members, minus the screaming," he said.

Everyone's a critic

Ken Griffey Jr. wasn't in Monday's lineup and he saw Darren Baker, the 9-year-old son of Reds' manager Dusty, in the clubhouse. Griffey asked why he wasn't in the lineup.

"Because you can't hit lefthanders," said Darren. "And you're old."

Griffey asked, "How old am I?"

"Fifty."

Web Gem

Vintage Pistol Pete

Last week we gave you the best of Bobby Orr. The hoop fans have spoken, they want to see a basketball magician.

Pistol Pete Maravich's 68-point game against the Knicks should do the trick. His shot to get his 66th point, on the play starting at

around 3:45 is just unbelievable.

youtube.com/watch?v=2UTust5oFW4

Short spring

How tough can New England weather be on local sports? The Central Catholic baseball team played 23 games this spring. How many times were they outside total, practice or games?

Just 31 in the 78 days from March 17 to June 2.