Will. It. Ever. End.
That's right, with his line-drive single to left in the 3rd inning Bobby Erbakan extended his consecutive game hit streak to 42 games in the Brewers 12-1 trouncing of Phoenix Thursday night.
(This is where I admit that while, like any serious baseball fan, I am well aware of the DiMaggio streak and Rose's 44-game streak, I didn't really know just how rare the territory is that Bobby has entered, as compared to the long history of MLB. It wasn't really until I looked this up last night that the impressiveness of this hit me. With his 42nd game he now passes George Sisler (1922) and ties Bill Dahlen (1894). Only Rose, Wee Willie Keeler, and DiMaggio bettered Erbakan's streak in MLB history. And honestly I'm not sure comparing pre-1901 MLB stats to the WPK or the rest of MLB history makes sense, so really it seems to me that Erbakan is in a class with just Rose and DiMaggio. That's pretty exclusive company. And it ain't over yet.)
EDIT- oh, and I should have said that 1976 SJL MVP Bud Lindsey saw his streak end, at 26, yesterday. So he won't be challenging Bobby anytime soon in this category.