Is Rollins streak legit?

[BAMAPHIN 22]

Jimmy Rollins is chasing Joe DiMaggio ... or is he? Rollins' hitting streak -- at 37 games and counting -- is split over two seasons. If he somehow extends it to 56 and beyond, does he replace Joe D. as the king of hitting streaks in your mind, or will he end up with the same mythical asterisk that dogged Roger Maris?

Much like commissioner Ford Frick created separate records for Maris and Ruth (162 games vs. 154 games), the Elias Sports Bureau makes a distinction between a single-season hitting streak and the overlapping-season streak. They call the latter a "lifetime streak." DiMaggio obviously owns both marks at the major-league level. Wee Willie Keeler set the National League lifetime record of 45 (1896-97) and shares the NL single-season mark of 44 with Pete Rose ('78).

But that's all a matter of semantics. What I want to know is, if Rollins reaches DiMaggio, will the Phillies shortstop be mentioned forever in the same breath as the Yankee Clipper? Or does our elemental attachment for yesteryear, of "all that once was good," as James Earl Jones' character said in Field of Dreams, take precedence over the here and now?


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_blogs/mlb/chatter_up/2006/2006/04/streak-or-no-streak.html

 

[NJFINSFAN1]

Yes, I played at the college level and still play and coach today. When you get in a zone, the last thing you want is a day off. He had what, 4 months off.

It is legit!

It's hard to have a 5 game hitting streak.

 

[Roman529]

Wee Willie Keeler's streak included a hit at the end of the year and then a 44 game streak to start the next year.....it's consecutively so it should count...maybe not for one season but it is still legit. I think it is harder than doing it in one year as you have 5-6 months to sit and think about it.

 

[King Felix]

well he didnt get it so it doesnt matter now

 

[Perfect23]

Its over now.