Garrett Wittels, a sophomore shortstop for Florida International, extended his hitting streak on Friday to 52 games. That's pretty impressive.
But he'll need to keep it going for a little longer to break the NCAA streak of 60, set by Salve Regina University's Damian Costantino in 2003. FIU is a Division I school, and the D-I record is 58 games, set by Robin Ventura of Oklahoma State in 1987.
Wittels has been in the news quite a bit as he chases history, but few of those news outlets - ESPN, the Associated Press, etc. - have mentioned Constantino, which is a bit disappointing. Sure, he did it at the Division III level, but 60 games is 60 games.
Maybe I'm being a little selfish here, but I hope Wittels comes up short. There's nothing like having a bit of college baseball history here in Newport.
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