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Classic Countdown: 28

By Ken Duke
Senior Editor, BASS Publications

Friday, January 23, 2009

Every sport has its number. In baseball, it's 56 for the length of Joe DiMaggio's consecutive game hitting streak. In football, it's 50 for the number of touchdown passes Tom Brady threw in 2007. In basketball, it's 100 for how many points Wilt Chamberlain scored in a single game in 1962. In the world of professional bass fishing, the number is 28. That's how many consecutive Bassmaster Classics Rick Clunn fished before failing to qualify in 2002. It's a record that may never be broken. From ...

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