May 10, 2007
Big Streak?
Pat Lackey at MLB Fanhouse wonders when a hitting streak becomes a Hitting Streak:
I suppose Alfonso Soriano can be the basis for my theory. I was oblivious to the fact that he had a 15-game hitting streak coming into this week's series with the Pirates. I knew he'd been hitting well of late, but I had no idea this hitting streak was happening. When he got a hit in Tuesday's 15-inning marathon, I was kind of surprised, but then thought, "Well, who cares about a hitting streak shorter than 15 games anyways?" Last night he homered in the first at-bat of the game and provided the Cubs with their margin of victory in their 1-0 win over the Pirates and his hitting streak is being mentioned as part of the lead story, along with the Cubs' win and oh yeah, Jason Marquis' 3-hit shutout of the Buccos. So it seems that we've gone from "who cares" to "national story" somewhere between 15 and 17 games. I will monitor the situation from here on out.
Derrek Lee holds a 16-game streak as well, so if he gets a hit today, that should make Sports Center as well. :-)
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Lee also has a 31 game on base streak.
Torii Hunter currently has a 23 game hitting streak.
Hunter really has a 22 game streak, he got his sole "hit" last night on what should have been an error. These streaks are meaningless if the scorers are not going to be honest.