Beat the Streak Report: Monday, Aug. 17
Today’s recommended picks
Alexei Ramirez, SS, White Sox
.417 AVG (5-for-12) lifetime vs. Royals starter Brian Bannister
Aubrey Huff, 1B, Orioles
.412 AVG (7-for-17) lifetime vs. Angels starter Ervin Santana
A.J. Pierzynski, C, White Sox
.409 AVG (9-for-22) lifetime vs. Royals starter Brian Bannister
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday’s results
It was a successful weekend for BTS leader hammanm, who surged to 41 games with the selection of Joe Mauer (1-for-4) yesterday. The 41-game streak is tied for the third-longest mark this season.
Mauer also turned out to be the right pick for third-place contestant jprin30571 and fourth-place holder Topiary, who pushed their respective streaks to 34 and 32 games. Second-place fan Sun_Tenshi went with Dustin Pedroia (1-for-5) to move up to 38 games.
Yesterday’s Top 5 most selected players
1. Dustin Pedroia (BOS): 11.0%, 1-for-5
2. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 9.7%, 2-for-5
3. Miguel Cabrera (DET): 6.1%, 2-for-5
4. Albert Pujols (STL): 5.2%, 1-for-4
5. Joe Mauer (MIN): 4.6%, 1-for-4
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tough day as i wtruggled to settle on one player with having 6 possibilities in my head for a few hours.
Pierzynski was picked by 17.. huff 4…ARamirez 5
those are your “king picks”
for the rest, Jeter picked by 25, Chipper 16, cano 13, mauer 8, Sandoval 8, Roberts 7, pujols 7, markakis 6, holliday 5, braun 4, Teixeira 4.
hope your streak continues tonight
Just noticed on the main page, Huff traded from Baltimore to Detroit. and the Tigers are OFF tonight
Chipper Jones 0-for-3, if you picked him, your streak has ended
Mauer is going to be a bad pick tonight because he is 1 for 15 against Texas this year.
Backrubs62 and vinman28,
Who did you guys take today?
I have Brian Roberts.
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Thank you JM for the beautiful HR. Surprised to see lemmings not hitting you as much today. Hoping for Holliday to take a holiday. LOL!
Could be in interesting night for Cardinal hitters.
Charlie Haeger, LAD pitcher, is a knuckleballer.
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Originally i had Chipper but ten minutes before the deadline i went and changed to Derek Jeter. im at 15 now
Mauer had a good night in Texas. including a HR in the first inning.
Wow. What a crappy pick for hammanm but what a luck he has. That was not even a hit. It was Holliday barely getting a bat on the heater from Broxton.
Looking for another crappy pick from him tomorrow!
He was lucky with Mauer on Sunday too.
well162 started the day above 20, but the biggest losers today are those who had Chipper jones (16) Robinson cano (13) ryan braun (4)
all total 37 lost streaks today while 9 people didnt advance cuz the player didnt play
I was watching the Holliday at bat. He fouled the pitch before off his foot and was limping. I don’t see how he beat out the weak grounder he hit. I was sure the streak was dead. I will say that it was lucky but that is not a bad thing. You can’t win this thing without a lot of luck. My streak of 15 ended on Monday with Damon so I’m out.