5.6 Million Dollar Prize to Break Dimaggio's Streak on MLB.com

[DennisGreen]

I've been riding Pedroia's hot bat. He's up to a 17 gamer now and I've been on board for 10

[yisman]

Thought about Ellsbury/Pedroia today, but since Arrieta normally does not allow a lot of hits, I passed and stuck with A-Roid, meaning my streak stays alive but does not advance one.

[yisman]

Risky pick today, but I'm sick of waiting.

Omar Infante.

[alukk]

Jason Heyward should be good

[yisman]

Risky pick today, but I'm sick of waiting.

Omar Infante.

1st inning triple off the wall!

[yisman]

3/4 and counting. Beauty!

Too bad more runs aren't being scored in the game, though.

[DennisGreen]

What's your streak up to now Yisman?

[yisman]

19 in my book.

13 according to them.

[dynamite140]

When would be the last day to even create a streak? If someone's streak ends around late August that means the contest is over for them since there isn't 56 games left.

[rm18]

58 days left in the season so wednesday is the last day

[yisman]

Yep.

No one is getting there, though. You still have time to start a streak and win the smaller prize (10k I think) for longest streak of the season).

http://beatthestreak.mlblogs.com/2011/08/01/beat-the-streak-report-monday-august-1/

Since baseball is all about the sabermetrics these days, we present two figures for your Monday perusal:
35 is the Streak amassed by current leader doorsrule. Channeling the spirit of Jim Morrison, ‘Rule had ridden the storm to the season’s sixth-longest Streak and moved to within five days of matching Jonathan Roy for the 2011′s longest run.
3 is the number of days remaining to start a new Streak with a chance of reaching 57 games before the end of the season. That’s right, Streakers: Wednesday is D-day. Kick it into high gear now and you could be bidding $5.6 millon on concert-worn Morrison memorabilia come October.

[bradnowell]

7 is my longest.. 57 shouldn't be that much harder

[yisman]

lol?

[yisman]

Taking Gaby Sanchez.

Passing on McCutchen (too many walks, not a reliable hit guy), Jimmy Rollins (just washed up), Victorino (1/16 vs. Cook), and Seth Smith (absolutely bombs Kendrick, but he bats down in the lineup).

[rm18]

Pedroia, Rollins, Wright would be the best plays but I only got 2 this is my last chance

[DennisGreen]

10 down, 46 to go

[face]

doorsrule went down today. he picked jimmy rollins.

[yisman]

I lost mine with Gaby Sanchez.

rm18 get ready to pay up. No one is hitting the jackpot.

[BigDeem5]

ride dan uggla. He's so good

[yisman]

I'm having a pretty good season, but no very long streaks.

Right now on a 10 gamer. My goal is 20.

My season stats are pretty good:

78% of days the player I picked got a hit (assuming he recorded at least one AB).

<table class="bts-stats-summary-table" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td>Batting Average Aggregate batting average of all of your selections on the game dates you picked them.
</td><td class="bts-stats-summary-values">132-382 (.346) </td><td class="bts-stats-summary-values">27-72 (.375) </td><td class="bts-stats-summary-values">17-36 (.472) </td></tr></tbody></table>
season, last 30 days, last 10 days


Last two days were Miguel Cabrera (2/3) and Derek Jeter (4/5).


Top active streaks:


37
34
32
30

[yisman]

Lost a W11 on Alex Gordon.

Throwing in the towel. Wanted to try for 30-something where you get a prize of mlb.tv free for a month.

[yisman]

Guy lost a 41 game streak on a pretty dumb pick. Even when Teixeira was an elite hitter before he came to the Yankees, he still wasn't a guy to pick on Beat the Streak. Yankees-edition Teixeira is a downright stupid pick.

http://beatthestreak.mlblogs.com/

Well, that’s it and that’s all for Joe Turner‘s Streak.
Mark Teixeira‘s 0-for-5 against Brandon McCarthy and the A’s last night sealed our season leader’s fate at 41 games. Losing a season-best run on a player who entered Tuesday’s action batting .251? Yikes! Joe certainly had his reasons, though, and that’s gotta be worth something — potentially $10,000, to be specific.
Phils4ever75 is now in the current BTS drivers seat at an impressive 36 games, with letsgonets44 right behind them at 35. Don’t get too comfy on the season throne just yet, Joe.

[yisman]

http://beatthestreak.mlblogs.com/2011/09/06/beat-the-streak-report-tuesday-september-6/#comments

______________
After today, there is no going back.
Thanks to a 2-for-5 effort by Ryan Braun on Monday, season leader Steve Summer sits at 48 games. With one more correct selection, he can match Mike Karatzia for the longest run in BTS history and officially push us into uncharted territory.
Make no mistake: this is the real deal. Fifty-seven games — and the $5.6 million prize that comes with it — is absolutely in play. Steve is picking from a solid rotation of high-average hitters, he’s playing the matchups every day, and luck appears to be on his side.
Sure, a lot can happen over the next nine days — freak injuries, intentional walks, alien attack … The list of obstacles is endless. But Steve has made it this far, and we’re not betting on the aliens now.




7 PM Update: Steven locked in Ryan Braun again as his pick for Tuesday. Braun has at least one hit in each of his last six games and is batting .407 in that span.






11 PM Update: Well, that’s it and that’s all for Steven Summer. Ryan Braun went 0-for-4 against the Cardinals despite reaching base on a walk and an error. The 0-fer ends Summer’s streak at 48 games — one short of the all-time BTS record.

[face]

thanks for the update, interesting

[yisman]

btw, the second place active streak also flamed out with Braun. Looks like I'm going to win my bet with rm18.

[revnecro1273]

btw, the second place active streak also flamed out with Braun. Looks like I'm going to win my bet with rm18.

good job chalk king of chalk

[yisman]

necro, what exactly is your problem?

[yisman]

<table class="bts-stats-summary-table" cellspacing="1"><thead><tr><th class="bts-white-hdr">Statistic</th><th class="bts-white-hdr">Season</th><th class="bts-white-hdr">Past 30 days</th><th class="bts-white-hdr">Past 10 days</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Streak Rate Percent of days your selected player got a hit, excluding days your player did not play (if you miss a day, it only counts against this figure if that miss ended a streak).
</td><td class="bts-stats-summary-values">87/112 (78%) </td><td class="bts-stats-summary-values">17/21 (81%) </td><td class="bts-stats-summary-values">7/8 (88%) </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Batting Average Aggregate batting average of all of your selections on the game dates you picked them.
</td><td class="bts-stats-summary-values">151-447 (.338) </td><td class="bts-stats-summary-values">26-77 (.338) </td><td class="bts-stats-summary-values">10-35 (.286) </td></tr></tbody></table>

Just had a streak of 12 correct broken up by an 0-fer by Reyes.



No one can get to Joe D's record.

[tb1984]

bump

[yisman]

rm, can you pay the bets from last season?

[TheAntFather]

I'm playing this as well. We should do a pool and split the $5.6 Million 10 ways if anyone of us wins. I'd be down with that. My user name on MLB.COM is theantfather. Don't know who else is interested though, my hitting streak is at 1 as I just started.

[yisman]

I'd offer same bet as last season if anyone wants it. See the first page.