Comments on: Who had the more impressive streak: Joe DiMaggio or Ted Williams?

By: otistaylor89

otistaylor89 — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:32:38 +0000

That’s what she said….

By: dirtyharry1971

dirtyharry1971 — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:18:54 +0000

only silly redsuk fans would ask such a question

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:07:38 +0000

I thought you were going with a Star Wars title there.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:06:30 +0000

Mmmm…caaaaaaake….

By: yankeesfanlen

yankeesfanlen — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:06:13 +0000

See you’re studying Yogi-isms now. You’re correct, Ut’s just here as a friend of the Cake Court.

By: ta192

ta192 — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:52:22 +0000

I always thought so…hell, Teddy’s seasonal average was higher than Joe D’s average during the streak…

By: ta192

ta192 — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:50:01 +0000

‘roids or EGH, I suspect…

By: youngyankee

youngyankee — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:19:36 +0000

no Kevin S. you didn’t get it.

the scenario of mine was the different methods of keeping each player’s streak alive and my point was that it was harder, and therefore a bit more impressive, for Joe D.

It had nothing to do with winning ball games because i’m pretty sure BOTH these guys during their streaks helped their team win.

I didn’t think I had to add: Both the RedSox and Yankees are winning the game when both these guys 0-3 come to bat as the topic was about the individual streaks.

By: youngyankee

youngyankee — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:12:45 +0000

so this thread had:

-a poor attempt at a transformers movie title joke.
-a Yogi-ism
-a Yoda-ism

…..we’re so cool.

+1 for that Yoda-ism though.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:27:51 +0000

No…I translated it into Yoda-speak.

By: youngyankee

youngyankee — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:48:44 +0000

lol did i mess up that Yogi-ism too?!

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:35:20 +0000

Seisenta y ocho, pet peeves are generally pedantic, aren’t they? Don’t we all have pet peeves?

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:08:33 +0000

In other words, Williams can still do something positive to help his team, but DiMaggio, in chasing an arbitrarily-specific method of reaching base, becomes more likely to make an out, hurting his team. Got it.

By: danberman4

danberman4 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:04:13 +0000

Remember, DiMaggio also had the longest streak in the minors. So there must be a little more than luck involved. Could one hitter be so lucky twice?

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:22:35 +0000

Mmm…all over again, like deja-vu, it is.

By: ryanmallettsbluntwrap

ryanmallettsbluntwrap — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:58:46 +0000

Well said uyf . RIP to two of the greatest to ever play the game.

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:52:31 +0000

lol!

By: youngyankee

youngyankee — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:39:14 +0000

It’s like deja-vu, all over again!

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:28:23 +0000

Is there going to be some sort of Yoda Berra quote-a-thon coming? Hmm?

By: 1historian

1historian — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:10:08 +0000

How many seasons did he lose – in his prime – because he was off fighting in
WWII and Korea?

They don’t make them like those guys any more and IMO we are the poorer for it.

By: spudchukar

spudchukar — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:08:35 +0000

If CC removed grit from his waistband, wouldn’t he be in effect raising the mound to its original height.

By: 1historian

1historian — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:06:51 +0000

The longer a record lasts the more impressive it is. 70 years and counting – incredible.

I also like Secretariat’s Derby in 1973 – 1:59 2/5 seconds. He ran every quarter mile faster than the preceding and that was NEVER done before that and has not been done since.

Not to mention the Belmont Stakes – no horse has come close to that since – 38 years and counting.

By: youngyankee

youngyankee — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:02:58 +0000

YoungYankee: Revenge of the FanLen

By: yankeesfanlen

yankeesfanlen — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:00:12 +0000

You work your lessons well, my fine young protege.

By: 1historian

1historian — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:00:05 +0000

This summer DiMaggio’s streak is 70 years old. In the years before or since, no one has come close to it.

Williams was the last hitter to hit .400 or better, but he was not the first.

My personal favorite is Johnny Unitas’s 47 consecutive games with at least one TD pass. The streak went from December 9, 1956 in Los Angeles and ran until December 11, 1960 in Los Angeles. 105 TD passes.

No one has come close to it.

By: umrguy42

umrguy42 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:50:43 +0000

I for one have always preferred to go metric, as in “metric ass ton”. (Should that be “tonne”?)

By: youngyankee

youngyankee — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:48:03 +0000

going with Dimaggio’s streak (SHOCKING considering my username right?) for the following:

(and we can take the Yankee/RedSox out the equation because as a Yankee fan, even i’d admit Ted Williams was the greatest hitter to ever play.)

Both at game 56 have their respective streaks intact.
It’s the last AB, they’re both 0-3.

If the pitcher is struggling with his command, Williams can leave the bat on his shoulder or get hit by a pitch and walk to first. Dimaggio needs to try and hit a bad pitch to keep his streak intact.

If the pitcher isn’t, Williams has the option of drawing a walk, getting hit by a pitch, or getting a hit.

Dimaggio still needs to get a hit.

Both streaks are impressive and require an enormous amount of luck, but the hit-streak, there’s only 1 way to do it.

By: yankeesfanlen

yankeesfanlen — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:28:16 +0000

Joe D. was emotionally exhausted after the streak. Oh, wait, he played the next game.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:27:27 +0000

It is CC, so are we talking about his breakfast grits?

By: ILoveBaseball

ILoveBaseball — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:14:28 +0000

Maybe it’s just me but why is it more impressive to have one
hit in each game rather than bunching the hits?

During Joe’s amazing streak he hit .408 (as has been pointed
out elsewhere in these comments) but in the same 56 games Williams hit .425.
Joe had 91 hits while Williams had a measly 76 (in 44 fewer AB). Joe was on
base 112 times and Williams 128 times. Joe hit 15 HR and Williams 16. Heck Ted
even stole one more base (1 to zero).

Joe made 132 outs in that streak while
Williams made 103.

Was there more pressure on Joe D. because of the streak?