MLB.com has a game called Beat the Streak where you try to put together a hitting streak to beat baseball’s legendary record of 56 games. Choose one player every day who you think will get at least one base hit. If your player gets a hit, your streak is extended. If he fails to get a hit, your streak ends and you can start a new one.
Be the first eligible participant to get a hit in 57 straight games and win $1,000,000 in cash.
I’m also doing my own little pool/league and if you win the league, you get $20 via paypal from me!
Requirements to join the Amazing League:
1) Leave occasional comments on this blog post about the status of your team.
2) I have to know who you are. If I don’t know you, then introduce yourself to me and I might let you in.
One year I got an 11-game streak. Think you can beat that? If you get the longest streak in the Amazing League, you get $20. It’s totally free to join my league. I’m offering the twenty bucks out of my pocket just to make it interesting. One year, we had about 10 people in the league.
I’m just starting to play Beat the Streak again. Earlier this year I had a two-game streak.
I’m thinking the winner has to take a screenshot to prove what his/her streak is. Also, you can’t just make a couple comments and expect to win the league. I want to see frequent updates on your team on this board.
Frequent updates? Psh.. I’m just gonna RSS the stupid thing.. somehow.
let’s change that to “occasional updates”
basically, i don’t want some jerk to come in and make one post and be like, “i got a 20 game streak, gimme my money.”
I’m at 8 right now.. hopefully my strategy of (almost) randomly picking players holds up.
sparx’s pick of howie kendrick did not play yesterday, so his streak remains at 8. My pick, punkface Chipper Jones did play, and he got zero hits. Mr. I’m-batting-435-and-I-can’t-get-a-hit-for-the-streak.
you got 8 already, sparx? goodness. I’m in trouble. Today is my first day playing in the 08 season. And i select: FUKUDOME Say it with me! FOO-KOO-DO-MAY! *insert two claps, then three quick claps* FOO-KOO-DO-MAY! *insert two claps, then three quick claps* FOO-KOO-DO-MAY! *insert two claps, then three quick claps*
FUKUDOME was responsible for like 5 of my 8.
let me correct myself. FOO-KOO-DOUGH-MAY! *insert two claps, then three quick claps* FOO-KOO-DOUGH-MAY! *insert two claps, then three quick claps* FOO-KOO-DOUGH-MAY! *insert two claps, then three quick claps* he got a hit tonight. I am 1 for 1 in BTS.