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Friday, April 30, 2010
Billy Williams 1000 games in a row
On this day in 1970, Billy Williams played in his 1000th game in a row--adding to his NL record. The previous NL record, by the way, was 694 games in a row. On the day he beat that record, he was asked about the odds of reaching 1000 one day...