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Posted By: steve

Today, Internet news article on Joe Dimaggio's 56 consecutive game hitting streak.

Incredible, I agree, but I also believe a lot of plain old luck was on Joe's side.

Dimaggio was a great hitter and is very deserving of the mark, but I contend that others, with the same amount of luck, could have done the same.

Carew flirted with .400 so did Brett. And Gwynn is easily in this class. How about Hornsby, Cobb, Williams or Sisler?

Mathematics, with all the probability and randomness, happened to land in Joltin Joes lap - over a hundred years, someone had to be the recipient, glad it was Joe.

steve