MLB.com launched a new iPhone application, offering fans the chance to win a $5.6 million grand prize in the free fantasy game. Of course, you don’t get to win all those millions easily. In order to go home with tons of cash, you’ll have to surpass the legendary consecutive games hitting streak mark of 56 games.
As a contestant, each day you choose a Major League player you think will get a hit. If a selected player delivers a hit on that day, the streak continues and you choose either another player or the same player the following day. If a selected player ever goes hitless for that day, the streak ends and a new streak can begin the next day.
It’s not easy, but then again it costs nothing to try it out. And in addition to the iPhone, the game is also available online at MLB.com/bts.
For the record, since Beat the Streak’s inaugural season in 2001, more than 30 million streaks have been started by users, including the current all-time record of 49 straight games (2007).
MLB.com Beat the Streak (FREE) [iTunes link]