How long before it's a streak?

[flexmaster33]

Not overly serious about this one, but a fun debate.

Driving back from a game tonight I heard a guy on the radio refer to a team's two-game win streak. That struck me as sounding odd. Back-to-back games yes, a streak not so much.

I make my rule 5 games for a streak. What about you?

BTW: Got to cover a junior hockey team this year that set a franchise record 19-game home-ice win STREAK.

 

[spikechiquet]

BTW: Got to cover a junior hockey team this year that set a franchise record 19-game home-ice win STREAK.

Hope none of those wins came via shootout [/crossthread]

 

[spikechiquet]

BTW, I would say 3 wins in a row is a streak. Personal opinion.

 

[ColdCat]

depends on who the team is. If the Charlotte Bobcats win two in a row I'd say that's a pretty impressive streak

 

[HejiraHenry]

BTW, I would say 3 wins in a row is a streak. Personal opinion.

I tend to agree with this.

 

[jr/shotglass]

depends on who the team is. If the Charlotte Bobcats win two in a row I'd say that's a pretty impressive streak

This is where I sit. For the right team, a two-game winning streak can be cause for partying in the streets.

 

[bumpy mcgee]

I always defer to Lou Brown, who said three in a row is called a winning streak.

 

[Versatile]

Two wins in a row is a streak only in a half-sarcastic matter of speaking. Three in a row is a streak for any team.

 

[ColdCat]

though two games or three. . . the Kalamazoo College men's tennis team laughs at such a short streak
http://www.kzoo.edu/sports/mt/

 

[jlee]

Three is a streak, but that's really not of much significance in any sport with a 30+ game season. Unless the team is really, really bad.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

It's a streak when the last stitch of clothes comes off, and shoes don't count.

 

[Bamadog]

At least three games. Two isn't enough.

 

[jr/shotglass]

I can't tell you how many times I've read in a story about a terrible team: "So-and-so, in a rare two-game winning streak ..."

Maybe it should be forever linked with the adjective "rare," but ...

 

[gregcrews]

According to the coach in Major League II, it takes three wins for it to be a streak.

"We won a game yesterday, if we win one today that's two in a row. If we win one tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before."

 

[young-gun11]

I always defer to Lou Brown, who said three in a row is called a winning streak.

This.

 

[young-gun11]

According to the coach in Major League II, it takes three wins for it to be a streak.

"We won a game yesterday, if we win one today that's two in a row. If we win one tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before."

This was in Major League, not II. And Lou Brown (a la Bumpy's post) is the manager in the film.

 

[gregcrews]

I was thinking that it was from Major League as well, but when I searched for the quote, everything said it was from No. 2.

http://www.moviequotes.com/fullquote.cgi?qnum=100282

... And I had forgotten that his character's name was Lou Brown. Sorry to be redundant.

 

[flexmaster33]

I'm willing to go with whatever Lou Brown says on this one

 

[young-gun11]

I was thinking that it was from Major League as well, but when I searched for the quote, everything said it was from No. 2.

http://www.moviequotes.com/fullquote.cgi?qnum=100282

... And I had forgotten that his character's name was Lou Brown. Sorry to be redundant.

Promise it's from the original. In the second one, Jake is the manager. The first one is when they have to win the division to stay in Cleveland.
He says this right before he peels off her first sticker of clothing.

I'm fairly certain I am right. But I have been wrong once before.

 

[Rhody31]

I go with the weathermen. It's not a heat wave until its 90 degrees for three straight days, so it's a streak when it's three wins in a row.