I just created a “Beat the Streak” league on Major League Baseball’s website. It’s really easy to do.
How to Play:
1) Your mission is to break Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak.
2) Pick one player every day. Get a hit, your streak continues. Get no hits, your streak ends and you begin a new one.
3) You can pick any player on any day. The deadline to make your pick is 5 minutes before each day’s first game.
4) Put together the longest hitting streak of the season and win four tickets to the 2005 World Series.
5) Be the first to break Joe D’s 56-game record and win $10,000 in cash.
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editor’s comment added later:
This post was for the 2004 game, if you want to join the 2005 game, go to:
http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/fantasyBTSLeagueAdminServlet?action=mgt&team=0
League Name: beaters
League Password: iwillwin5
here’s the longest streaks so far: http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/fantasyBTSStandingsServlet?team=0 This page makes it easy to figure out who to play. Just see who’s name gets repeated the most on this list.
I wonder who had the longest streak last year. I can no find it.
Hey i am a big baseball nut that wants to play in your league. I will not quit. Please let me in. Thanks.
Join the 2005 league at: http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/fantasyBTSLeagueAdminServlet?action=mgt&team=0 League Name: beaters League Password: iwillwin5
go yankees!
go yankees!
i can’t believe i can’t string together a 2 game hitting streak in that game. Didn’t i win last year, spud? I got something like 9 games. I don’t think anyone broke 10 games in our league. Though I don’t think we started the league until after the all-star break.
hmmm, i think you are correct moose. I think you got 9 games last year, and i got like 8. Here’s who the members of the league are so far:
spudart: Me, Matt Maldre
yikesmoose: Erik Maldre, Matt’s brother
jetnyre129: Justin Etnyre, friend of Erik
wells123: Lisa Wells, Matt’s girlfiend
maengel: Marc Engel, copywriter at Matt’s job
nchan: Nolan Chan, designer at Matt’s job
nchan1: Nolan Chan, designer at Matt’s job
laceyj33: I don’t know
terawaki: I don’t know
Anyone can still join the league, it’s open the entire year.