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The 1999 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1999 regular season, played between the New York Mets and Cincinnati Reds to determine the winner of the National League (NL) wild card. It was played at Cinergy Field in Cincinnati, on October 4, 1999.
MLB.com Fantasy has many games and simulations, including Beat the Streak, which started in 2001. [24] Beat the Streak is a game where a player is picked for each day, and if that player gets at least one hit, one's streak continues. The goal is to reach a 57-game streak (one more than Joe DiMaggio's famed 56-game streak), to win a grand total ...
The streak is broken if the team completes a game in which the player neither takes a turn at bat nor plays a half-inning in the field. The record—2,632 consecutive games, a streak compiled over more than 16 years—is held by Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles , and is considered to be one of the league's unbreakable records .
In the modern two-league era, the longest losing streak belongs to the 1961 Philadelphia Phillies at 23 games. In the American League, the 1988 Baltimore Orioles and 2024 Chicago White Sox hold the record at 21 games. The longest losing streak consisting entirely of postseason games is 18, belonging to the Minnesota Twins (2004–2023).
The streak continued, and on August 5, the White Sox lost their 21st consecutive game. [2] This marked the first time since the 1988 Baltimore Orioles that a team endured a 21-game losing streak. [13] They managed to break the streak the following day with a victory over the Athletics. [14]
At the time, it was also the longest hitting streak in Mets' franchise history (both records have since been broken). Vail's 23 game hitting streak still stands, as of 2019, as a New York Mets Rookie Record, and the ball in that 23rd game is on display in at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown , New York .
On July 15, the first game after the All-Star break, the Red Sox and Roger Clemens beat the Kansas City Royals and Bret Saberhagen, 3–1. [17] This began a 12-game winning streak, [17] which launched the Red Sox to first place over the slumping Tigers and New York Yankees. The Red Sox would later set an American League record of 24 straight ...
The 2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2007 regular season, played between the San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockies of the National League's (NL) West Division to determine the NL wild card. It was played at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, on October 1, 2007.