Hitting for the Cycle: Big Deal, Little Deal or No Deal?

[HomeRunHomer]

What do you think?

[DodgerBlue8188]

I think it's a big deal. Not many players will hit the cycle in their career. A natural cycle is even more impressive and rare.

[SamtheBravesFan]

It's a statistical oddity, but it's very good to have three extra base hits in a game, and it's probably a very productive day in terms of scoring and driving in runs. Somewhere between Big and Little would work for me.

[bob]

Its impressive since it shows someone to have the power and speed, but as Sam said, its really just an anomolie. Theres plenty of players to can hit triples and home runs but dont get them in the same game.

A natural cycle is even more impressive and rare.

Rare? Yes. M ore impressive? No. Its the same result, but in a obvious pattern.
Gomez did the "reverse cycle" last night, is that more impressive?

[KCGHOST]

Even though it only occurs about as often as a no-hitter i don't see it as all that big a deal. Just a hitter having a big nite.

[DodgerBlue8188]

Its impressive since it shows someone to have the power and speed, but as Sam said, its really just an anomolie. Theres plenty of players to can hit triples and home runs but dont get them in the same game.


Rare? Yes. M ore impressive? No. Its the same result, but in a obvious pattern.
Gomez did the "reverse cycle" last night, is that more impressive?

I think in one sense it is more impressive. If you're a hitter and you hit a triple in your first at bat. A home run in your second you're very close to getting the cycle.

If you hit a single then a double. Then you know you need a triple which doesn't happen much either depending on the player. Then going into your next at bat you know you're thinking of home run because you need that so you have that mindset of thinking that during the at bat.

Having already completed a triple and home run you know you pretty much just have to get a hit to maybe get the rest of the cycle.

[Cubsfan97]

Well its impressive, but not as big a deal as people make it out to be. And hitting a HR and triple dont guarantee a cycle. Yea, when you get a hit, its easy to get a single or double, but before you get the single or double, you have to put the ball in play.

Also, I know a team usually wins when a player gets the cycle, but I dont think its healthy. Cause when you get the triple and HR or are just one hit away from it, you tend to forget about helping the team and only wanna get what you need. A player might try taking an extra base and get thrown out, or strikeout when trying to hit a HR. It changes a players mindset.

[Brooklyn]

little deal. Msotly jsut a statistical oddity. They cycle is a very nice day at the plate, but two homers, a double and a single is a better day, and no one makes a big deal about that.

nice to do, what if I was a single short of the cycle and hit a gapper, I wouldn't stop at first base

[Goo64]

What about Joey Votto last night? He went 3-4 with 3 homeruns...I think that's more impressive than the cycle. After two then maybe the pitchers start throwing you different, it shoes that you're making adjustments and still have the batspeed and eye and power combo to blast one over the fence. It isn't like he pulled them all downt he right field line either...he went center.

[Pere]

What about Joey Votto last night? He went 3-4 with 3 homeruns...I think that's more impressive than the cycle.

That's way better... although it might have been better still in a game where the opposition was scoring some runs too.

I forget who this was, but somebody recently "missed" a cycle by getting a second double instead of the single he "wanted." There were actually people talking about whether he thought about just stopping at first, or should have!

[Mattingly]

I think that it's no big deal. I believe it's a cute thing, but if the guy hits a solo HR, that scores himself only. If he's up and hits into an inning-ending DP, all of the other stuff woulnd't matter as much in winning the game.

I believe that the cycle is nice, but it's not likely to happen more than once every decade for a player. I'd be far more impressed if he put together a string of 2-hit games than anything else. That and 2-out, 2-strike game-winning hits in the 8th or 9th.

[NineWorldSeries]

nice to do, what if I was a single short of the cycle and hit a gapper, I wouldn't stop at first base

Kevin Bass didn't either.

[NightHawks2007]

I think its more of an aesthetic achievement. It would be like saying "Hey, wasn't it cool that I got a single, double, triple, and home run in the same game?" It doesn't happen very often so I guess that it is a bit cool. Other than that there is nothing real special about it, just another multi-hit game.

[fannwd]

It's definitely a good game for the batter but I think in the end it's mostly just getting lucky since just about every player has the ability to pull it off.

[SamtheBravesFan]

It's definitely a good game for the batter but I think in the end it's mostly just getting lucky since just about every player has the ability to pull it off.

Except Rafael Belliard.