Tulowitzki is one of the best short stops in the league, but what was his better accomplishment; the unassisted triple play or hitting the cycle? Turning an un-assisted triple play is difficult, but is mostly luck. For a line drive to come straight at you, while you happen to be standing on second base and then you have the presence of mind to chase down and tag the runner coming from first. The whole play was Tulo being in the right place at the right time. If it had been Barmes who caught the ball, he would have made the triple play. Now hitting for the cycle is a whole different story. Yes, getting a hit takes some luck, but it is mostly skill. To have four or five AB’s a game doesn’t raise the chances of hitting the cycle, because to hit the cycle you have to make an extra base hit in every AB but one. Being a player myself, I can say through personal experience that it is really hard to hit the cycle. So really is no argument that hitting the cycle is Tulo greatest accomplishment of the 2009 season… so far.
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