On Saturday, Arkansas’s Danielle
Gibson became the second-ever NCAA Division-I player—and first softball
player—to hit for what’s known as the home-run cycle. The sophomore hit a solo
shot, two-run homer, three-run-homer and grand slam in a 15-3 rout of Southern
Illinois University at Edwardsville.
The 6’0” sophomore was denied the chance at a fifth home run on account
of the run/slaughter rule.
I know about Gibson both my
daughter told me and I actually saw a headline of her feat Sunday on
MLB.com. Of course, it was gone by Monday. We wouldn’t want people to start wondering if
a player like that could hit a baseball, now would we? I mean, does analytics even allow for such a
thing?
Somebody ask Bill James.
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