you've GOT to be kidding me. I JUST started a thread about this, this afternoon....is there an ATOT jinx
NEW YORK -- Hideki Matsui broke his left wrist Thursday night and his consecutive games streak ended -- even though he started and touched the ball.
Because of a quirky baseball rule, Matsui's streak of 518 games played ended when he was injured trying for a diving catch in the first inning of the New York Yankees' game against the Boston Red Sox.
Mark Loretta, Boston's second hitter, sent a blooper into left field, and Matsui landed hard on his wrist in an unsuccessful bid to make the catch. He walked off the field with a trainer and was replaced by Bernie Williams.
Matsui is to have surgery Friday, the Yankees said.
Because Matsui did not play a full half-inning, his streak ended when the game became official.
Baseball rule 10.24 (c) states: "A consecutive game playing streak shall be extended if the player plays one half-inning on defense or if he completes a time at-bat by reaching base or being put out."
If Matsui had been ejected in the top of the first, his streak would have continued, according to the rule.
Matsui played 1,250 consecutive games with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan from 1994 to 2002 and in every game with the Yankees since joining the team in 2003.
He holds the major-league record to start a career, surpassing Ernie Banks' run of 424 consecutive games played for the Chicago Cubs from 1953-56.
Matsui's streak was the longest for the Yankees since Lou Gehrig played in 2,130 straight games from 1925-39, which was the big-league record until Cal Ripken of the Baltimore Orioles broke it in 1995.
NEW YORK -- Hideki Matsui broke his left wrist Thursday night and his consecutive games streak ended -- even though he started and touched the ball.
Because of a quirky baseball rule, Matsui's streak of 518 games played ended when he was injured trying for a diving catch in the first inning of the New York Yankees' game against the Boston Red Sox.
Mark Loretta, Boston's second hitter, sent a blooper into left field, and Matsui landed hard on his wrist in an unsuccessful bid to make the catch. He walked off the field with a trainer and was replaced by Bernie Williams.
Matsui is to have surgery Friday, the Yankees said.
Because Matsui did not play a full half-inning, his streak ended when the game became official.
Baseball rule 10.24 (c) states: "A consecutive game playing streak shall be extended if the player plays one half-inning on defense or if he completes a time at-bat by reaching base or being put out."
If Matsui had been ejected in the top of the first, his streak would have continued, according to the rule.
Matsui played 1,250 consecutive games with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan from 1994 to 2002 and in every game with the Yankees since joining the team in 2003.
He holds the major-league record to start a career, surpassing Ernie Banks' run of 424 consecutive games played for the Chicago Cubs from 1953-56.
Matsui's streak was the longest for the Yankees since Lou Gehrig played in 2,130 straight games from 1925-39, which was the big-league record until Cal Ripken of the Baltimore Orioles broke it in 1995.
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