Active baseball players and managers aren’t alone in understanding they’ll probably never get the chance to witness something on the level of Ovechkin’s record-breaker.
Baseball’s most prestigious records and milestones aren’t likely to be approached anytime soon, which means Mets pitcher David Peterson and Blue Jays manager John Schneider probably won’t ever be in the position Islanders players and coaches find themselves in today as Capitals star Alex Ovechkin looks to break Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record.
But they wouldn’t mind it being on the mound or in the dugout as a potential record-breaking moment loomed.
“I think there’s an aspect to it that’s pretty cool,” Peterson said Saturday afternoon before the Mets beat the Blue Jays 3-2. “Just as a sports fan — if you could be in person and witness something like that live, and especially for us having a front row seat in the dugout, there’s something to that.”
“As a fan of the game and competition, it’s pretty cool,” Schneider said. “When you’re looking at historical stuff, it’s pretty sweet to be there.”
Of course, active baseball players and managers aren’t alone in understanding they’ll probably never get the chance to witness something on the level of Ovechkin’s record-breaker. Ovechkin tied Gretzky at 894 goals Friday night, when he scored twice in the Capitals’ 5-3 win over the Blackhawks.
While Ovechkin will be the second player in the last two-plus years to break a once-seemingly unbreakable mark — LeBron James surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar atop the NBA’s all-time scoring list on Feb. 7, 2023 — the next potential iconic record-breaking moment is nowhere on the horizon.
