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Thread: Hitting Streak Memorablia
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02-18-2009, 01:58 PM #11
Re: Hitting Streak Memorablia
Regards,
Joel S.
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Wanted: Alex Rodriguez Game Used Items and other unique artifacts, 1992 thru 1998 only. From High School to Early Mariners.
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02-18-2009, 09:39 PM #12
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Re: Hitting Streak Memorablia
Just to correct: DiMaggio hit in 56 in a row, then hitless in one game, then hit in 16 more in a row. So it was 72-out-of-73. The only person ever to come even close to that was Bill Dahlen, who hit in 70-out-of-71 in 1894.
Jeter got to 54-out-of-56 a few years back, and even that (two hitless games out of 56) was very rare.
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02-18-2009, 10:34 PM #13
Re: Hitting Streak Memorablia
I guess the ESPN reporter has a better fact checker than LA Times writer or the LA Times writer took the Collectors word for it.
This is the full article on the Dimaggio balls.
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov.../sp-memories18
Here is what you verified. Thanks for bringing this up.
http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache...lnk&cd=4&gl=us
I tried to verify myself at Retrosheet.org using daily box scores and couldn’t find it for 1941. Is that correct that box scores aren’t available for 1941?Regards,
Joel S.
joelsabi @ gmail.com
Wanted: Alex Rodriguez Game Used Items and other unique artifacts, 1992 thru 1998 only. From High School to Early Mariners.
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02-19-2009, 12:15 AM #14
Re: Hitting Streak Memorablia
Since it is, after all, a streak, I kind of view it as a timeline. Take Rose for example...
Day One is the most important. It was just another day, but whatever started that day became special. Real special. I would want THE first hit ball or a Rose bat.
The end of the streak is equally important. May just be chance, but the pitcher that day (I guess Gene Garber gets credit) did something equally special. I would want a Garber glove as much as a Rose bat from that day.
Last day Rose had a hit would be a close third. Rose bat from that game, or pitcher memorabilia from the last hit would be nice.
Any day in between would be based on what happened. If Rose goes 2-for-2 on a Friday against Mark Littell and the Reds win 12-3, yeah great. BUT, if Rose goes 1-for-1 the next day, and singles in the winning run off somebody like Steve Carlton, I'd much rather have something from that day - ticket stub, game ball, Carlton memorabilia, etc.
Just my pov. And I'd want to evenly distribute things too. Bats from games one two and four, but then nothing till game 42, that would kind of leave me feel I have a void to fill.
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02-26-2009, 03:13 AM #15
Re: Hitting Streak Memorablia
Not that I take any pleasure in seeing a collector not sell an item he wanted to move, but I guess this lends itself to my argument. 10 day auction and no bids.
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=290297359249
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02-26-2009, 07:59 AM #16