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BTS leader chasing prize, nearing 40 games
- Updated: May 21, 2016
Two Beat the Streak participants entered play Friday with streaks of at least 37 games. Only one kept it alive for another day.
“Manincharge623” aka Mick Ciallela, is the new BTS leader with 39 after Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor and Cardinals shortstop Aledmys Diaz both recorded hits on Friday.
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That means Ciallela is ever closer to 57 consecutive correct picks — one more than Joe DiMaggio’s famed hitting streak in 1941 — and therefore the grand prize. No participant in the 15 previous seasons of BTS has reached that reward, which is now worth $5.6 million.
In Ciallela’s case, his current streak represents a personal best for a player who said he has been involved with BTS for “several years.” The 38-year-old resident of New London, Conn., has surpassed his previous high, a 35-game streak in 2013.
Ciallela was able to advance his streak by two games on Friday by using the “Double Down” strategy, whereby a BTS participant selects two players on the same day. If both get a hit, the streak advances by two. If either goes hitless, the streak ends.
The latter scenario is exactly what happened to “Colterreid,” the BTS leader heading into Friday with 38 straight correct picks. Colterreid started off the …
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