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The World Record for Human Mattress Dominoes

850 people in New Orleans took part in this World Record attempt, in which they were knocked back onto mattresses as human dominoes.


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World Record Wave Surfed

It seems that Garrett McNamara just broke the world record for largest wave surfed by successfully navigating this 90-foot wall of watery death in Nazaré, Portugal. The previous record—77 feet—was set by Mike Parsons in 2008.

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That Would Be A Record

On Aug. 4, 1982, Mets center fielder Joel Youngblood had driven in two runs against Cubs pitcher Ferguson Jenkins in an afternoon game at Wrigley Field when he was traded in mid-game to the Montreal Expos.

He left the game and flew to Philadelphia in time to take up a position in right field at Veterans Stadium at the bottom of the sixth in an evening game against the Philadelphia Phillies.

In the top of the seventh he singled

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against Steve Carlton. That makes Youngblood the only player in history to get a base hit for two different teams in two different cities on the same day — and he did it against two future Hall of Famers.

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Spurs Warning #1

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Just in case you haven't noticed, or maybe it's that most of the country doesn't care, my San Antonio Spurs are off to an NBA-leading 21-3 start. That's on pace for a final regular season record of 71-11, which would be incredible, like a record or something.

No, I'm just kidding. That was a Kenny Mayne soundbite. I know the Bulls went 72-10 in '96 or something. I also know that everyone under the sun was saying the Miami Heat would win 70 this season. Yeah right.

Lastly I know from experience that San Antonio gets very little positive media coverage. But just like in '99.. 2001-'02, '03, '04 (0.04), '05, '06 (Manu foul on Dirk), '07, and '08, we are serious title contenders. Do I hear #5 in this Dynasty? I think it's very possible.

Here are the NBA standings as of the completion of games on 12/15/10:

Rush - Tom Sawyer - Slowed Down

..from 45rpm to 33⅓rpm. Very cool - takes me back to when I was a kid, and played around with this when there were actually vinyl records and record players on which to do it!

Anyone who knows me knows this might just be my all-time favorite song. I like the original speed better, but it sounds so ominous this way.

Max Record Temp -Minus- Min Record Temp

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What a great chart! Lots to learn here. I think. One thing I already knew - Hawaii would be the best place on the planet to live.

Another PGA Tour 59 - This Time Live - Stuart Appleby

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Stuart Appleby continues the year of the 59

Before 2010, the number 59 was a few things. Nearly attainable. A pro golfer's dream. The pinnacle of the PGA Tour.

Now, eight months into this crazy golf year, it has become a score that is expected, not hoped for. Sunday, at the Greenbrier Classic,
Stuart Appleby added his name to the history books, becoming just the second player ever to post 59 in the final round and win. He joined Al Geiberger, Chip Beck, David Duval and Paul Goydos as the only players to ever go sub-60 on this tour, and made it the first time it has ever been done by two people in the same season (to be fair, it had barely ever been done in the same decade).

Appleby's 11 under Sunday was good enough to jump seven spots and to win his first PGA Tour title since 2006, which he did by a shot over Jeff Overton at 22 under.

How good was Appleby's 59 compared to some of the others in history? Well,
along with Goydos earlier this season, it was only the second to be done on a course that wasn't a par-72 and included three closing birdies to join the elite club.

His round got going on the par-4 fourth, where he started a run of five birdies in six holes. After pars on the 10th and 11th, Appleby made an eagle on the par-5 12th to move to 8 under for the day and then had the incredible close.

What may be the most interesting thing about this year is that before the season started, most critics were worried about low scores because the USGA had decided to change the groove requirements. I remember posting a story after the Mercedes Championship comparing the final scores this year to previous ones, but it obviously hasn't hurt anyone's ability to go low.

Along with Goydos and Appleby, Ryo Ishikawa shot a 58 in a Japanese Tour event, and just last week a high school junior
made news with a ridiculous 57.

I will say this about 59s and 58s ... it sure makes that scorecard of that incredible 71 you once had on your wall look a little less heroic.

Alabama Teen Shoots Record 57

At state junior championship, University of Alabama-bound Bobby Wyatt fires the lowest competitive round ever, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Michael Johnson needed to take his shoes off.

That was the only way he could truly convey the shocking and toe-tingling round of golf his good friend Bobby Wyatt was playing.

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The incoming University of Alabama freshman and recent graduate of the UMS Wright Prep School in Mobile (Ala.) fired a course-record 57 in the second round of

Alabama Golf Association’s State Boys Junior Championship on Wednesday.

Rated the No. 1 high school player from the Class of 2010 by Polo Golf, Wyatt blistered the 6,628-yard Country Club of Mobile course with an eagle, 12 birdies and five pars, easily breaking the course record of 63.

His 125 total is eight shots ahead of Smylie Kaufman (67-66-133), who was one hole behind Wyatt and trying to get updates from Johnson, one of Wyatt’s playing partners and future Alabama teammates.

According to an Alabama Press-Register story, Johnson couldn’t keep up with Wyatt’s record pace.

“We were very aware of what Bobby was doing,” Kaufman told the newspaper. “(Johnson) kept holding up fingers to say how many birdies Bobby had made. We said to ourselves he was going to run out of fingers and have to start using his toes too. Sure enough, he ran out of fingers.”

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Wyatt’s round is the lowest of all time for competitive play on golf courses longer than 6,500 yards.

The only competitive round lower, according to reports, were by PGA golfer Homero Blancas, who shot a 55 in the 1962 Premier Invitational in Longview, Texas. Blancas was an amateur at the time.

But that was at a par-70 course that measure just longer than 5,000 yards and played over the same nine holes twice.

Wyatt shot a 9-under 26 on the front nine and 31 on the back, which featured back-to-back birdies on 16 and 17.

Country Club of Mobile is Wyatt's home course and his previous low score on any course was 62. He needed just 23 putts on the round and it was almost 22 as a birdie try on the 18th hung on the lip. He tapped in for a measly par.

“It was unbelievable,” Wyatt told reporters after the round. “I got off to a fast start with birdies on my first two holes, then was three-under after four and it kept going from there.”

If he can hold on, Wyatt will win his fourth straight state crown. He turns 18 over the weekend.

Wyatt won his first tournament as an 11-year-old, following in the footsteps of his older brother Ford and father Cliff.

“I just tagged along with them,” he told the Birmingham News in a 2009 story. “I’ve had a club in my hands since I could walk.”

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Now That's A Big-Ass Catfish!

Angler lands monster catfish weighing in at a massive 250lb.

This monster from the deep has broken the record for the biggest freshwater fish caught in Europe.

Measuring 8.2ft long and weighing just over 250lbs the gigantic catfish was heaved out of a lake after a 45 minute back-breaking tussle.

Plucky angler Roberto Godi was nearly thrown into the water when the brute took his bait of a bream fish.

After an epic battle to reel it in, several other fishermen rushed to his aid to help him lift the beast onto a weighing frame and mat designed to support such beasts.

The scales shot up to a mighty 250lbs 2ozs - or 17.8 stones - sparking scenes of celebration on the river bank.

Not only is the catch the biggest of its kind in Europe, it is also the biggest species of wels catfish ever caught in the world.

It broke the previous European record which was another catfish that weighed 246lbs 14oz and was caught by French angler Christophe Dubreuil on Spain's River Ebro.

Continue reading.. (Link includes another incredible image of the beast.)

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Biggest Wave Ever Surfed

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World's Largest Meatball

Chef Matthew Mitnitsky cheers after his meatball weighed in, breaking the world record for the largest meatball, in Concord, N.H., Sunday, Nov. 1,2009. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

More record-setters here at the Big Picture, including 1,800 Santas, 15,000 Thriller dancers, and the world's largest mug of hot chocolate.

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Too Cold

The weather forecast for here is blowing my mind.

They said 16, then 14, now I see it might reach 11 degrees. Not worried about it at all, but hey this is Texas! This night will be a first in almost 28 years. Snow? Yeah right. This is an incredibly cold, dry night which is actually not very common anywhere.

But hey - This is Texas!

Stay warm!!

Record Texas Heat: Are We Done Yet?

Well, it looks like this summer's record heat wave here in the San Antonio area (as well as most of the state, too) might be over. Yesterday during a bike ride, I realized that 90 actually felt pretty good. Most nights during the last 2 ½ months have barely dipped into the 70s, but lately we've actually enjoyed a few nights in the low 70s. The picture above was taken in the car in late July.. at 8:31pm!

To make matters worse, we've also only gotten a couple inches of rain the last few months. Yards are burnt brown, creeks & river levels are way down, and most of San Antonio has already been into stage-2 watering restrictions for most of the month. Needless to say, we're all looking forward to autumn.

Here is the official National Weather Service report showing all of these incredible statistics. Note the number of consecutive 100° days about half-way down (72 in New Braunfels). I don't remember the actual number, but the previous record, set a LONG time ago was in the high thirties! By far this has been the hottest year on record.