Stat keeper's streak ends at 930 games.
For the first time since November of 1969, long-time sports statistician Burt Beagle missed working a men's basketball game for Baruch College.
Beagle, a former SID for the school, entered tonight's 2006-07 season opener for Baruch having worked 930 consecutive games as the official book stats scorer. He has missed only one game in the entire history of the men's program that started in 1969.
Unfortunately, the streak came to an end this evening in Baruch's 74-64 home victory against Yeshiva University.
Team manager Joe Caffarelli took over the book duties this evening.
Beagle has been dealing with health issues, and was unable to make the trip to the ARC Arena from his home in the Bronx.
"It was the strangest thing to witness someone else in Burt's seat at press row," said Baruch Head Coach Ray Rankis. "Burt has had a tough few months and I know it must have hurt him to miss tonight's game."
The streak of 930 is the longest among all NCAA schools for a statistician book keeper.