New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- The Milwaukee Brewers have been the talk of baseball recently because of their 14-game winning streak.

That run also gives us a chance to appreciate a particularly unusual big league season - the Brewers' super streaky run through 1987.

It was those '87 Brewers who won their first 13 games of the season, triggering the same free burger promotion by a local chain that went into effect when this year's streak hit 12. That 13-0 start - which included Juan Nieves throwing the first no-hitter in team history in win No. 9 - stood as the franchise's longest winning streak in a season until this year's Brewers surpassed it Saturday.

Milwaukee was 20-3 in 1987 before crashing back to earth with alarming quickness. May had ...