Jimmy Rollins

[Taggart]

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It would be really good for baseball if he did. A major record broken without the taint of drugs.

 

[BrokenVisage]

I'm going to say Yes only because I want him to do it really badly and get these slimey Yankee records out of the books.

It's incredible, even early on in the streak Rollins would manage to scrap out a hit on his last AB for most of those games.

Gonna be tough as hell to start the year with a 20+ game hit streak, but he seemed determined in interviews.

 

[lrad50]

not a chance in hell

that would mean 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 6/6 in order to break it.

there's no way.

 

[Taggart]

Originally posted by: lrad50
not a chance in hell

that would mean 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 6/6 in order to break it.

there's no way.

All he has to do is get 1 hit in each of the next 21 games.

 

[SpunkyJones]

Originally posted by: lrad50
not a chance in hell

that would mean 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 6/6 in order to break it.

there's no way.

Huh?

 

[Tu13erhead]

Originally posted by: lrad50
not a chance in hell

that would mean 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 6/6 in order to break it.

there's no way.

LOL

 

[lrad50]

Originally posted by: SpunkyJones

Originally posted by: lrad50
not a chance in hell

that would mean 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 6/6 in order to break it.

there's no way.

Huh?

4/4 mean 4 hits in 4 at bats.
he would have to do that 4 times (4 games with 4 hits in four at bats) and one game where he has 6 hits in 6 at bats.

 

[Taggart]

Originally posted by: lrad50

Originally posted by: SpunkyJones

Originally posted by: lrad50
not a chance in hell

that would mean 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 6/6 in order to break it.

there's no way.

Huh?

4/4 mean 4 hits in 4 at bats.
he would have to do that 4 times (4 games with 4 hits in four at bats) and one game where he has 6 hits in 6 at bats.

are you joking?

 

[mjh]

I want to see him do it, but I don't think he will - perhaps if the streak was all in one season.

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: lrad50

Originally posted by: SpunkyJones

Originally posted by: lrad50
not a chance in hell

that would mean 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 6/6 in order to break it.

there's no way.

Huh?

4/4 mean 4 hits in 4 at bats.
he would have to do that 4 times (4 games with 4 hits in four at bats) and one game where he has 6 hits in 6 at bats.

Have you watched baseball before?

 

[SpunkyJones]

Originally posted by: lrad50

Originally posted by: SpunkyJones

Originally posted by: lrad50
not a chance in hell

that would mean 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 6/6 in order to break it.

there's no way.

Huh?

4/4 mean 4 hits in 4 at bats.
he would have to do that 4 times (4 games with 4 hits in four at bats) and one game where he has 6 hits in 6 at bats.

But he only needs one hit per game.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: lrad50

Originally posted by: SpunkyJones

Originally posted by: lrad50
not a chance in hell

that would mean 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 6/6 in order to break it.

there's no way.

Huh?

4/4 mean 4 hits in 4 at bats.
he would have to do that 4 times (4 games with 4 hits in four at bats) and one game where he has 6 hits in 6 at bats.

uhh... aren't the streak statistics a hit per game

 

[Taggart]

Originally posted by: randomlinh

uhh... aren't the streak statistics a hit per game

affirmative ghostrider!

 

[Argo]

Well, Joe D. did get all those hits in a span of one season.

 

[classy]

I think he has an outside shot, but I seriously doubt it. I heard a debate on this the other day on which is harder doing it in one season like JD or spread over two like J Roll is trying to do. At first I thought clearly doing it in one season, but after I thought about it, its probably harder over two. You have to find that groove again after being off for 7 months. That's gotta be really tough.

 

[drum]

Irad just made my head asplode.

and no he won't break the record

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: Argo
Well, Joe D. did get all those hits in a span of one season.

Yes he did, but are you going to tell me that Rollins' feat wouldn't be more remarkable because of the off-season? Regular season games are considered consecutive games from season to season, when Cal Ripkin broke Lou Gehrig's record obviously he had to go over more than one season, they count as consecutive games too you know. So any Yankee fans out there who want to debate the legitimacy of this record if broken (I'm not saying you are) have no ground to stand on.

 

[kcthomas]

no way, even 20 game hitting streaks are extremely rare

 

[drum]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

Originally posted by: Argo
Well, Joe D. did get all those hits in a span of one season.

Yes he did, but are you going to tell me that Rollins' feat wouldn't be more remarkable because of the off-season? Regular season games are considered consecutive games from season to season, when Cal Ripkin broke Lou Gehrig's record obviously he had to go over more than one season, they count as consecutive games too you know. So any Yankee fans out there who want to debate the legitimacy of this record if broken (I'm not saying you are) have no ground to stand on.

it would definately be a feat, but there would be an asterisk in the record book indicating that one occured over one season and the other occured over two

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: lrad50
not a chance in hell

that would mean 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 6/6 in order to break it.

there's no way.

How on earth could you be so clueless and still be able to function in society? Ooops, this is ATOT, forget about that functioning in society part.


In the entire history of baseball, those players who ended a season with a 20 game or longer hitting streak ALL failed to go beyond 5 games to start the next season. Rollins is a .273 career hitter who only managed .290 in 2005 even with the monster streak. It's a major fluke, there's no way he's going to challenge Joe D.

 

[alien42]

Originally posted by: lrad50

Originally posted by: SpunkyJones

Originally posted by: lrad50
not a chance in hell

that would mean 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 6/6 in order to break it.

there's no way.

Huh?

4/4 mean 4 hits in 4 at bats.
he would have to do that 4 times (4 games with 4 hits in four at bats) and one game where he has 6 hits in 6 at bats.

self ownage of the year

 

[JujuFish]

No. His streak may not even last past the first game.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: drum
it would definately be a feat, but there would be an asterisk in the record book indicating that one occured over one season and the other occured over two

There wouldn't be an asterisk, come on now. Depending on how analytical you want to be about this it would just be two different records. Assuming J-Roll passes him and adds to the total, he will have the longest consecutive game hitting streak ever period, not asterisk, period. Gehrig would just have the longest in one season, not the longest overall.

 

[anxi80]

i dont think he'll be able to do it. ive always said joe d's record is probably one of the most secure baseball records and i stand by that. the closest somebody has ever gotten is 44, so no one has even hit the 50 plateau. the pressure will get to him if rollins can make it to the mid-40's. of course, after all these months off he's got to get into a hitters groove really quick to stand a chance.

 

[drum]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

Originally posted by: drum
it would definately be a feat, but there would be an asterisk in the record book indicating that one occured over one season and the other occured over two

There wouldn't be an asterisk, come on now. Depending on how analytical you want to be about this it would just be two different records. Assuming J-Roll passes him and adds to the total, he will have the longest consecutive game hitting streak ever period, not asterisk, period. Gehrig would just have the longest in one season, not the longest overall.

well, by asterisk i meant it would just note that it was over 2 seasons.
i didn't mean that it would belittle his achievement as if bonds home run record had an asterisk because of steroids.
i agree with you.