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Hey Debbie, it was probably already a forgone conclusion and "oh, BTW..in case you hadn't already figure it out we aren't fking stupid and recognize that you belong with the big boys but just incase you are wondering, we will make it official".Pretty dud announcement by that coach. Missed opportunity to make it special.
Well, he DID say...Pretty dud announcement by that coach. Missed opportunity to make it special.
It's the novelty of it. Very rare to see. But you are absolutely correct, any hitter and any manager for that matter would take a bunch of extra base hits or multiple homers over a cycle.Philosophical question. Why is hitting for the cycle celebrated more the hitting 4 homeruns? Does someone stop at first when they could have made it to second just so they have a single and not two doubles? Asking for a friend.
By no stretch of the imagination is hitting for the cycle celebrated more than hitting. You hear about it more because it happens a lot more. There are like 345 cycles in the history of the game. In contrast, only 18 players have hit 4 homers in one game. For example, when hard hittin' Mark Whiten did it for the Cards in 1993 it was 9 more years until the feat was done again. When 4 homers does happen, you hear about it.Philosophical question. Why is hitting for the cycle celebrated more the hitting 4 homeruns? Does someone stop at first when they could have made it to second just so they have a single and not two doubles? Asking for a friend.
I was discussing that with a guy who was a mid-level college player. He asked if you had hit a home run a triple and a double, and then you hit another into the gap would you stop at first to get your cycle. My answer was no. I would always try to stretch into a double if I thought I could. To me scoring four runs in a game is a better day than hitting for a cycle.Philosophical question. Why is hitting for the cycle celebrated more the hitting 4 homeruns? Does someone stop at first when they could have made it to second just so they have a single and not two doubles? Asking for a friend.
Eh, there are certain places that a ball can be hit to, and if it travels at the right speed, can be a triple no matter what the defense does. But for the most part I agree.I was discussing that with a guy who was a mid-level college player. He asked if you had hit a home run a triple and a double, and then you hit another into the gap would you stop at first to get your cycle. My answer was no. I would always try to stretch into a double if I thought I could. To me scoring four runs in a game is a better day than hitting for a cycle.
The triple is really the only rare thing in a cycle anyway. Frankly a triple is either extreme speed from the hitter or bad defense from the outfielder.