Sunday night marked the beginning of another season of Major League Baseball, as the Houston Astros took on the Texas Rangers, recording their first win as a member of the American League. I didn’t see the Astros winning the game, but that’s baseball for you. Each year brings surprises on any given day of the long 162 game season.

Another thing that comes with each new year is another season of MLB’s Beat the Streak, where anyone, with a little skill and a lot of luck, has the chance to win 5.6 million dollars, by “breaking” Joe DiMaggio’s all-time hit record of 56 consecutive games. Though it sounds fairly straight forward and simple, there’s a reason no one has won it in the 13 seasons it’s been around–it’s hard. Really hard.

This is my third year playing the MLB fantasy game, and I’m yet to reach a streak anywhere near the 57 needed to win the prize. Though, I feel like I stand a better chance this year with the strategy I’ve developed–if you can develop a strategy for such a game–and really think I can give it a fairly good run. Only time will tell if I’m right, or if another year of high expectations will lead to another year of disappointment.

If you think you can break the streak, I encourage you to give it a try. All you have to do is CLICK HERE and login to your MLB.com account; it’s free to sign up if you don’t already have one. From there, all you have to do is pick a player each day that you feel is most likely to get a hit. If they get a hit, your streak continues, but if they fail to record a knock, your streak falls all the way back to zero; no matter how high your streak was.

See why it’s so hard?

One of the ways to give yourself the most chances to put together a 57 game hit streak, is to double-down each day. Meaning, you can pick two players, instead of one, and if they both get a hit, your streak goes up by two, growing your streak twice as fast. But be warned, if both players don’t get a hit, your streak drops back to zero. Giving it the high-risk, high-reward factor.

Whether you actually go all the way to a streak of 57, to win the big cash prize, or fare the same as guys like me, it’s still fun to just play the game. So give it a shot, and if you begin to climb up the leaderboards, be sure to leave a comment.