[Alberta's Child]

Hitting for the cycle is not as rare as people might think. I'd say it happens about once every other year, on average. If you do the research and find a list of players who have done it, you might be surprised at how long it is.

Some aspects of it, however, could be quite rare -- such as a "natural cycle" in which a player hits a single, double, triple, and home run in that specific order (this has only happened about a dozen times in history). Even more rare is a player hitting a grand slam in a game in which he hits for the cycle . . . this has happened fewer than ten times in history, and Miguel Tejada accomplished this rarity back in 2001.

[Verginius Rufus]

This is the first time I've heard it applied to a team's accomplishment instead of an individual's. How often has a team hit for the cycle in one inning? Someone must know.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

One of those odd baseball co-inkydinks: A few seasons back, the number of games where players hit for the cycle was equal to the number of no-hitters pitched. I forget which is in the lead now, but it's close.

Not as fun or amazingly clever to say as "White Sux," but note-worthy in the trivial babseball way.