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Chasing 56: BTS leader, Bogaerts moving up
- Updated: June 2, 2016
Precisely 75 years ago to the day, Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio notched a pair of hits in a nondescript Yankees loss.
The New York Times, under blocks of other news deemed more fit to print, wrapped up the recap with the following nugget.
“DiMaggio, incidentally, has hit safely in nineteen straight games.”
Of course, said footnote would slowly but surely morph into a national headline, as the Yankee Clipper went on to tally hits in an MLB-record 56 consecutive contests.
In the three-quarters of a century since the magic of 1941, no one has come close to DiMaggio’s mark.
The streak obsession has only strengthened during the ensuing decades, with MLB.com creating the “Beat the Streak” contest in its honor 15-plus years ago.
Play Beat the Streak; win $5.6 million
To Beat the Streak, one has to best Joe D.’s remarkable run by one. But of the millions who have tried to tally a 57-game “hitting streak” in BTS, none has persisted long enough to win the grand prize, now a whopping $5.6 million.
One BTS participant, however, is getting awfully close. Although his true identity remains largely shrouded in secrecy, “willmccormack14” is garnering a great deal of attention for his success; he’s made 44 consecutive correct picks — 77 percent of the way to the life-changing payday.
In the “real world” of Major League Baseball, Boston’s Xander Bogaerts is racking up an impressive streak of his own. The Red Sox shortstop has hit safely in 25 consecutive contests, a modest total …
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