[Old School Hound]

59-0 is insane at any level.

Having 9 players with a .300 average in 100+ at-bats is also pretty wild. So is only four of their games being decided by one run. It wasn't all hitting though, as their team ERA was 2.38 (more than a run better than the next closest team).

From what I'm gathering, this isn't some dominant dynasty-- they've been pretty good for awhile, but this is the school's first national championship and they'd had 10 or more losses in three of their last four seasons. Almost sounds like having caught lightning in a bottle-- a really good team that probably had some luck and statistical anomalies on their side as well.

Like everyone else, this is something that I don't know we see repeated, at least in a very long time.

Nobody's ever touching Ripkin and Wooden's UCLA dominance is safe for eternity.
Agree, Jack.  Probably won't see it again in our lifetimes.

@Old School Hound Probably a better topic for another thread, but what are the most "unbreakable" records in sports?

Many of Wilt's averages (PPG in a season) or high games (100 in a game)? Ripken's streak in an age where rest is valued? DiMaggio's 56 game hit streak (don't read his bio for signs of the times... plus the closest anyone has come to his 56 in the 2000's is Jimmy Rollins' 38). Wooden's 7 consecutive NCAA titles at UCLA? Phelps' total gold medals will probably stand for awhile. Beating Brady's 7 Super Bowl wins in an age of parity?

Nobody's ever touching Ripkin and Wooden's UCLA dominance is safe for eternity.