New leader emerges for Beat The Streak

Beat the Streak leader “chuckbinsc” went with his tried-and-true strategy of picking a player from his beloved Red Sox on Sunday. But while Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia came through with a 1-for-3 day, the other half of “chuckbinsc”‘s “Double Down” tandem could not follow suit.

Orioles shortstop Manny Machado went 0-for-2 at the plate at rain-soaked Camden Yards, thereby ending a 41-game streak for “chuckbinsc”, whose real name is Charles Bresnahan. That means only one BTS player — “peterose4477” — is currently maintaining a streak of at least 40 games in the ultimate pursuit of Joe DiMaggio’s record 56-game run in 1941.

“Peterose4477” is sitting on a 40-game streak, roughly 70 percent of the way to the target of 57 consecutive correct picks — one more than DiMaggio — and therefore the $5.6 million grand prize, …

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