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To: oh8eleven

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Another one that grates me is NATS have a player Denard Span that has a current 26 game hitting streak.

Only problem is (AT least in my mind) he has NOT played in 26 straight games...granted if ‘they’ pointed that out every day I would also have my rankle raised.

The more appropriate statement would be: “He has hit safely in HIS last 26 games”... ‘they’ are starting to compare Span with the leaders and pretty soon they will start comparing him with JD (and Rose) and I have a feeling if he comes up short this year, ‘they’ will extend the streak into next season.

What ‘they’ are saying is if say a pitcher had 30 starts and had a hit in each of them ‘they’ would say he had hit in 30 straight games....TRUE enough but I doubt that JD or P Rose not only didn’t miss a game they probably didn’t miss an at bat in their respective streaks.

I am glad we have some serious discussions on this site on occasion...<: <: <:


40 posted on 09/15/2013 7:07:25 PM PDT by xrmusn (6/98 --Egoist:A person of low taste, more interested in himself than me. (Ambrose Bierce))
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To: xrmusn
I am glad we have some serious discussions on this site on occasion.
LOL ... I take baseball very serious.
BTW, I'm old enough to remember REAL announcers like Mel Allen, Red Barber, Marty Glickman and (even though I hate the Dodgers) Vin Scully.
41 posted on 09/16/2013 5:20:55 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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