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Beat the Streak leader extends run to 40
- Updated: August 18, 2016
A new challenger has emerged in Beat the Streak.
User “csteele12” pushed his or her streak to 40 on Wednesday by selecting the Marlins’ Dee Gordon and now needs 17 successful picks to claim the $5.6 million grand prize. The game’s active leader is nine picks away from matching Terry Sims, who set the all-time BTS record earlier this season.
In Beat the Streak, participants establish virtual “hitting streaks” by picking one or two big leaguers per day, with participants’ runs continuing as long as their selections collect at least one hit. 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.
Play BTS, win $5.6 million
On Wednesday, csteele12 chose Gordon, the Miami leadoff man, who entered the day batting .296 in 38 games this season. At Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park, Gordon singled to right field in the third inning off Homer Bailey and finished 1-for-5 to move the streak …
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