The Andre Ethier Hit Streak

[Namaste]

28 games

[Ramp]

and yet only half way to Joe D

[MiamiHomer]

His hit yesterday was cheap but whatever.

[Namaste]

I'm speculating but Joe D probably had a cheapie or two during his streak

[Ramp]

I believe during his streak, he did not get a hit in the All Star Game

[MiamiHomer]

Well I don't know if there was a game that the score keeper was the reason he had a hit in the game.

[Namaste]

Well I don't know if there was a game that the score keeper was the reason he had a hit in the game.


I don't know either but I bet you Festa could find out.

[Party]

I don't know.

He also had a 61 game hit-streak in the Pacific Coast League, which at the time was like AAAAA (yes, five).

[Ramp]

And I also believe that before the 56 game streak happened, he had a 30 something streak

[Party]

I think it was after.

[CrimsonCane]

I don't know if it's possible, but Ted Williams' achievements get seriously underplayed. His on-base streaks are more impressive and harder to achieve than DiMaggio's hit streak. Yet, they are rarely ever mentioned.

[MiamiHomer]

I mean Joe D got a hit in every game for a span that equates to a 1/3 of a season. I really don't see someone beating that feat.

[Mainge]

I thought I read that Joe's brother had quite the hit streak going as well and Joe made a nice diving catch on him that ended up snapping his streak.

/random possible factoid

[Metes]

But that was before they let black people pitch

[Mainge]

Which made diving plays even more impressive!

[Metes]

I was talkin bout the streak, not the dive

Sorry Mainge, please don't post up my facebook

[CrimsonCane]

I mean Joe D got a hit in every game for a span that equates to a 1/3 of a season. I really don't see someone beating that feat.

That same season, Williams hit .406 with 37 HRs (1.287 OPS!!!) as a 22 year old and he still loses the MVP to Joe D.

Also, Ted Williams had 84 straight games where he got on base at least once. That's more than 1/2 a season. Statistically, that's harder to do.

[Mainge]

I was talkin bout the streak, not the dive

Sorry Mainge, please don't post up my facebook

I knew it.

[Party]

I don't know if it's possible, but Ted Williams' achievements get seriously underplayed. His on-base streaks are more impressive and harder to achieve than DiMaggio's hit streak. Yet, they are rarely ever mentioned.

Joe D had a catchy song for his hit streak.

[Bobbob1313]

Yeah, our nation didn't turn it's lonely eyes to Ted Fucking Williams when a housewife adultery epidemic ran rampant.

[Namaste]

He goes for 29 tonight vs Dempster

[DropkickAlex]

If you are into reading I suggest reading the Ted Williams Biography of an American Hero. Williams lost out on a few MVP awards because he hated many reporters. Reports admit that they left him off their ballot entirely because of their dislike of how he treated them.

[Branch]

Also lost some of the prime of his career serving in WWII

/justsayin

[MiamiHomer]

It's ova.