Are Records Made To Be Broken?

Derek Jeter ties Lou Gehrig’s Yankee record of 2,721 hits!
As my Aussie friends would say, Good on ya, Derek!
One wonders what the great Gehrig might think about this all. It’s a record that has had his name etched on it for eons, but eventually someone was going to come along and better it. And it doesn’t hurt that besides for athletes being in better shape, equipment has vastly improved.
Derek sounded in awe of sharing the record after the achievement last night. And from what I know of the Gehrig legend he should be in awe of the Hall of Famer.
It brings up the point – are records made to be broken? This is a good question to wonder about in terms of tennis. No one thought that anyone would come along, at least not in the near future to break Pete Sampras’ record of 14 Grand Slams. But then Roger Federer showed up only a few years later and now he has the Grand Slam singles title record at 15.
Can anyone touch Roger and will it happen sooner than later?
Rafael Nadal has six majors and is a pretty young guy at 23, so I guess it could be possible. But his body is already showing signs of breaking down, so it’s a very iffy proposition.
In today’s game of tennis it’s hard to be as prolific as Federer’s been and in my opinion his record is likely to stand for quite a while. If Nadal can’t challenge it, I don’t see anyone else now or coming up that looks like they can. But the thing that makes this game interesting is you just never know what is going to happen.
Just a brief note on the Melanie Oudin situation that came to light after her loss last night – that her father filed for divorce last year citing her mother had an affair with Melanie’s coach, Brian de Villiers.
Why did someone have to spoil the best week of Melanie Oudin’s life by putting out that info. Is a 17-year-old responsible for the actions of their parents? Surely not? It wasn’t necessary and there’s no doubt in many of our minds that she’s likely to go from being delightful with the media to being suspicious and unhelpful.
And I’m not saying anything more on this situation.
The rain is heading our way and already disrupting tonight’s Nadal-Gonzalez match. UGH!
Tomorrow is looking to be a washout and that’s not a good thing. But for now this is going to be one of the shortest b log posts you’ll ever see from the usually long winded me. I need to drive back to NJ for my beauty sleep!