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I think a big reason for the distinction is that some of the baseball seasonal records are so old. Maris' HR record (before and then ignoring the roid era), Ruth's before him, DiMaggio's record, etc. have stood for a long time even as the game has evolved. I don't know who holds the NFL record for passing yards in a season, but I assume it falls just about every year.I love baseball, but it's fascinating to me that some people care so much about single season records like this. It feels unique to baseball, I don't remember anyone caring near as much about Steph Curry setting the single season 3 pointer record for example.
Career long records are interesting to me because they feel more like celebrations of a great career, like Pujols hitting 700. Maybe I'm in the minority of baseball fans, but I don't care at all about single season home run records, particularly considering how ridiculous it is to compare one era of baseball to another.
That said, I do think the HR record will start to fall almost yearly in the near future, even without roids. The focus on launch angle and core training starts at such a young age now that the next generation of players is going to be solely focused on it and able to do it better. Perfect Game will be either the best or worst thing to happen to baseball over the next few decades, depending on your perspective. Especially once it spreads more robustly to Latin America.