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- Updated: July 29, 2016
One month ago, a man by the name of Terry Sims tied the Beat the Streak all-time record with 49 straight successful picks. And now, another participant is making a run at the game’s $5.6 million grand prize.
Graham Manning — user “manning.gpm” — pushed his streak to 42 on Thursday by selecting Martin Prado and Xander Bogaerts. Both batters came through with a hit to give Manning, a 26-year-old Baltimore resident, the longest streak since Sims’ historic run came to an end on June 26.
In Beat the Streak, participants establish virtual “hitting streaks” by picking one or two big leaguers per day, with their runs continuing as long as their selections collect at least one hit in their contests. To claim the lifetime’s worth of fame and fortune, a Streaker must top Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio’s magic hitting-streak total of 56, set in 1941, by one. In nearly 16 years of BTS play, nobody has “bested” Joe D.
Bogaerts has been a popular pick for Manning, who’s now deployed the Boston shortstop seven times during his streak. Bogaerts is …
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