MLB slugger Choo Shin-soo extends on-base streak to 50 games

In Major League Baseball, Korean slugger Choo Shin-soo has extended his record-breaking on-base streak to 50 games,... the longest of any active M-L-B player.<br />The Texas Rangers' designated hitter got his 50th on-base Saturday night, local time, against the Orioles in Baltimore on a walk in the first inning.<br /> Choo had already claimed the record for longest on-base streak by an Asian player in the big leagues.<br />Fewer than fifty M-L-B players have ever had a streak as long as Choo's is now, and no one has since 2007.<br />In terms of that statistic, he joins the ranks of players like Joe DiMaggio , Ted Williams and Barry Bonds.<br />And with 12 homers during those 50 games, it's little surprise that this coming week Choo will be playing in his first All-Star Game. <br />