Never

This record is almost impossible now. To much media, to many fresh pitchers from the bullpen.

Doesnt sound like a very high number, but YES, it would take TREMENDOUS talent to break this.

I used to think that this record could be broken, but an essay by Stephen Jay Gould in his baseball book convinced me that it's a statistical freak that is as hard to break as any in pro sports. Gould concludes that there's virtually no evidence supporting the idea that a hitter can get a hit when he really needs to -- that there is, in effect, no such thing as "clutch" hitting. So the streak is not really a testimonial to DiMaggio's abilities, which didn't even rank among the best of his time; instead, it's just a string of incredible luck that it would be very difficult to repeat. And when I think of the psychological burden involved, including constant media attention and pressure not to bunt, it would seem impossible to replicate -- but I'd love to see a player prove me wrong.

I guess I'm the only one in here who thinks getting a hit day in day out without fail for a third of a season is a near impossible task. We will probably see a 40 game streak, maybe even 45, but how will a player be able to keep going with the media circus that would surround him as he got closer? Too much pressure.  The record will stand.

This is eminently breakable.

Its a matter of a skilled hitter getting and staying lucky, and healthy, for about two months.

Not that that's an insignificant accomplishment, in fact its a remotely unlikely accomplishment, but its well within the realm of possibility.

This one gets overblown by East-coast New-York sportswriters as being 'unbreakable' - it is a great record that will (someday) fall. . .now matching Ted Kennedy's whiskey consumption during a Saturday evening- that's an untouchable record. . .

not as untouchable as many of the other records listed here, but i will probably not see it broken in my lifetime. that being said, i didn't think that ty cobb's hit record or lou gehrig's consecutive games played record would ever be broken either.