MLB.com Question of the day - Greatest Yankee Record?

[Hitman23]

I got this thread idea from here:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...&tcid=fb_share

your pick?

[Hitman23]

No brainer for me. 56 game hit streak. IMO will never be beaten.

[Yankee Tripper]

56 is a stastical anomoly.

Technical point but Ruth only had 659 Yankee HRs, 49 were with the Sox and 6 with the Braves.

I think I'd still go Ruth.

[Big_E]

I know you only copied the data, but Babe Ruth did not hit 714 HR for the Yankees. he hit 659 HR for the Yankees. So if you consider Jeter's 3080 hits to be the Yankee record for this poll, then Ruth's HR total should be 659.

[Hitman23]

ugh....

[JDPNYY]

What about Carl Pavano's days on the DL for a 4 year multi-million dollar contract record?

[MoVaughnEatsAlot]

What about Carl Pavano's days on the DL for a 4 year multi-million dollar contract record?

Or Kei Igawa's days in AA/AAA for a 4 year multi-million dollar contract.

[JDPNYY]

Or Kei Igawa's days in AA/AAA for a 4 year multi-million dollar contract.

Both should be included in the poll.

Pavano's is greater as he just got to relax for four years. Kei still has to work and on top of that, he needs to endure crappy bus rides and stay at crummy hotels on the road.

[sweet_lou_14]

No brainer for me. 56 game hit streak. IMO will never be beaten.

Even though Ripken beat it, Gehrig's streak is still the franchise-defining record for me. The manner in which it was broken is like a wound that has faded into memory but never healed.

[Yankee Tripper]

Both should be included in the poll.

Pavano's is greater as he just got to relax for four years. Kei still has to work and on top of that, he needs to endure crappy bus rides and stay at crummy hotels on the road.

Kei put up one of the finest seasons in Yankee AAA history IIRC.

[hellonewman]

DiMaggio, it's an MLB record that still stands after 70 years. No one's ever really gotten close.

[Hitman23]

Pete Rose got to 44 I think

[Yankee Tripper]

Pete Rose got to 44 I think

Dan Uggla hitting .179 at the start of his streak reached 30ish. Someone will break the odd ball record at some point.

[Hitman23]

Dan Uggla hitting .179 at the start of his streak reached 30ish. Someone will break the odd ball record at some point.

He got to 30 and was just over half way there. I dunno man, I don't see it being broken.

[Yankee Tripper]

He got to 30 and was just over half way there. I dunno man, I don't see it being broken.

Yeah a guy hitting a buck seventy got half way there. I'm hoping someone breaks the record at 57 games going 57 for 260 in the process.

[effdamets]

Dan Uggla hitting .179 at the start of his streak reached 30ish. Someone will break the odd ball record at some point.

I don't think so.
Players today have trouble PLAYING in 56 straight games.
This is unlike other records, like 72 homers in a season or what I like to call "Totals Records".
It takes 56 days to tie this record. Whether you get 6 hits in a day or one - it still only counts towards the record as 1....

[Tifoso]

56

[Hitman23]

Yeah a guy hitting a buck seventy got half way there. I'm hoping someone breaks the record at 57 games going 57 for 260 in the process.

Sabermetrics has put a void in your ability to see something special. You have no soul.

[pleasepassthesoup]

Tom Gordon's AL Record 36 holds in 2004.

[Yankee Tripper]

Sabermetrics has put a void in your ability to see something special. You have no soul.

I'll try to remember that next time 10 heads in a row come up on series of coin flips.

[Big_E]

Pete Rose got to 44 I think

But 44 is still 12 away from tying -- almost two more straight weeks getting a hit every day.

it seems close, but it's 21.4% away. An equivalent is hitting 57 HR when the record is 73. Or winning 401 games when the record is 511.

Or nearly the difference between 601 saves and 478 saves (2nd and 3rd).

[Yankee Fan in Boston]

Tom Gordon's AL Record 36 holds in 2004.

The stuff of legends

[Hitman23]

I'll try to remember that next time 10 heads in a row come up on series of coin flips.

You're being obtuse.

[Big_E]

You're being obtuse.

Classic parody...

[Yankee Tripper]

How come no one is listed Lou Gehrig's 23 grand slams? That record is even older than DiMaggio's