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 | Harmon Collects Cycle Sunday, April 29th, 2012: There are four types of hits in baseball. It is a rarity for one player to get them all in one game. William Harmon did it -- single, double, triple and a home run -- and sparked San Antonio to a 7-3 win over New York at Confucius Field. "Yeah, I was some kind of hitter in this game. It was like all I had to do was close my eyes and swing the bat. I don't think they could have gotten me out with a bazooka." Those were the words of William Harmon of the San Antonio Storm Troopers reflecting on his great game against the New York Ninjas. He hit for the cycle and is headed for the record books. For the game the Storm Troopers first baseman banged out 4 hits in 5 at-bats and totaled 3 runs batted in and 3 runs scored. Speaking to the press corps about the difficulty of hitting for the cycle, he told them, "A triple is so hard to hit. You hit very few in a year. To hit one in a game when you need it for a cycle, it's impossible to try to do it. If you need a single, you could bunt or do some other things. To hit a triple, usually something weird has to happen, the ball kicking past an outfielder or somebody falling down. It's hard. If you could hit one in the gap every time, you'd be a great hitter. It's a lot of luck to hit for a cycle." William Harmon tripled in the 1st, hit a two-run double in the 2nd, hit a solo-shot off John Armstrong in the 4th, flied out in the 6th and singled in the 9th. Looking at his stats this year, Harmon has compiled a .315 batting average, while hitting 3 home runs and driving in 13 runs. He has played in 18 games and scored 14 runs. |   |
