Aug

3

Baseball's straight hits record broken. A portentous sign? A hot hand omen?

Wonder what the odds are for this occurance and how they compare to other types of streaks–like market days up in a row? Reminds me of the Isner/Mahut tennis match where only 1 game was needed to secure the win yet it went on and on and on. In the Cubs case it was one out needed to finish the inning. Sisyphus rolling an ever increasing mental load up the hill.

From the Denver Post:

"I have never seen anything like that," manager Jim Tracy said, echoing what Cubs boss Lou Piniella said down the hall.

The Rockies delivered a season-high 21 hits, impressive but hardly as remarkable as the eighth inning alone, when they scored 12 runs. They strung together 13 hits, including 11 straight, which is a major-league record. To put the onslaught in perspective, the Cubs took 28 minutes to get the final out. The Rockies batted around twice, and the 12 extra-base hits for the game were a franchise record. So much for Huston Street's save opportunity. (It was 5-2 when the inning began.)


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