Brewers Fan Randy Bartels Wins “Ignite The Streak” Contest
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Paul Molitor’s franchise-record 39-game hitting streak, the Brewers and MLB.com recently held an “Ignite the Streak” promotion at Brewers.com. From Saturday, July 14 through Saturday, August 25 (the 25th anniversary of the 39th consecutive game that Molitor recorded a hit), fans could choose a Brewers player that they felt would get a hit for each game day.
Randy Bartels, a resident of Oelwein, Iowa, was the winner of the contest with a 19-game streak. His prize is the use of a Club Level suite for his guests for this Saturday’s game against the Pirates. His streak began on Saturday, July 14 vs. Pittsburgh when he selected Aramis Ramirez to get a hit and concluded on Saturday, August 4 at St. Louis when he selected Corey Hart. Over the course of the streak, he chose Hart most often (7 times), followed by Ramirez (4), Norichika Aoki (3), Carlos Gomez (3), Ryan Braun (2) and Nyjer Morgan (1). A recap of Bartels’ selections is below.
The second-longest streak was 18 games and two fans had 17-game streaks. Nearly 2,500 fans participated in the contest and the average streak spanned four games. The most popular player chosen was Braun with 37 percent of all selections. Hart (18%), Ramirez (15%), Aoki (14%) and Rickie Weeks (5%) rounded out the five most popular player selections amongst participants.
| Game Date | Player Name | Opponent | Hits | At-Bats |
| July 14, 2012 | Aramis Ramirez | vs. Pittsburgh | 1 | 4 |
| July 15, 2012 | Ryan Braun | vs. Pittsburgh | 1 | 4 |
| July 16, 2012 | Corey Hart | vs. St. Louis | 1 | 4 |
| July 17, 2012 | Corey Hart | vs. St. Louis | 1 | 4 |
| July 18, 2012 | Ryan Braun (DNP) | vs. St. Louis | 0 | 0 |
| July 20, 2012 | Norichika Aoki | at Cincinnati | 1 | 4 |
| July 21, 2012 | Corey Hart | at Cincinnati | 1 | 3 |
| July 22, 2012 | Nyjer Morgan | at Cincinnati | 1 | 4 |
| July 23, 2012 | Corey Hart | at Philadelphia | 1 | 4 |
| July 24, 2012 | Carlos Gomez | at Philadelphia | 1 | 5 |
| July 25, 2012 | Carlos Gomez | at Philadelphia | 2 | 6 |
| July 26, 2012 | Corey Hart | vs. Washington | 1 | 3 |
| July 27, 2012 | Norichika Aoki | vs. Washington | 2 | 4 |
| July 28, 2012 | Aramis Ramirez | vs. Washington | 1 | 4 |
| July 29, 2012 | Carlos Gomez | vs. Washington | 2 | 5 |
| July 30, 2012 | Aramis Ramirez | vs. Houston | 2 | 5 |
| July 31, 2012 | Corey Hart | vs. Houston | 2 | 4 |
| August 1, 2012 | Aramis Ramirez | vs. Houston | 1 | 5 |
| August 3, 2012 | Norichika Aoki | at St. Louis | 2 | 5 |
| August 4, 2012 | Corey Hart | at St. Louis | 1 | 3 |