Found August 26, 2006 on Baseball Musings:
TEAMS: Houston Astros
PLAYERS: Willy Taveras
Over the last month, Willy Taveras has put together the quietest 28 game hit streak of all time. What I found intriguing about this article though is that Baseball Musings calls Taveras a "player likely to go on a long hit streak" because of his approach at the plate which was similar to Dimaggio's. He's a speedy player with a low walk rate meaning he's likely to put the ball in play more often than better offensive talents with much higher OBP's. "DiMaggio ...

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