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Mike D. Sykes, II

Gunnar Henderson hilariously passed up hitting for a cycle to take an extra base hit and his teammates were so baffled

Somebody needs to talk to Gunnar Henderson, man. He denied himself a pretty great achievement for no good reason at all. It’s actually pretty hilarious.

The Orioles were up 10-1 against the Oakland Athletics on Sunday and Henderson did the most ridiculous thing he could possibly do.

He was only one single away from hitting for a cycle against the A’s. He’d done the hard part of getting the homer, the triple and the double. And, finally, at the top of the 8th inning, Henderson got himself another base hit.

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Now, one would think that he’d just stop at first base and get himself that elusive cycle that so many players would love to have. Nope. The dude scurries past first base and notches himself another extra-base hit.

The fact that he did this isn’t even the best part. It’s the fact that his teammates were baffled that really makes it great. Just look at their faces.

The best part is that he doesn’t even really care. Like, at all. You can see it in his face. As hilarious as this is, you can do nothing but respect it.

Honestly, he’s not wrong here! Look, I’m all for the cycle. And I certainly would’ve stopped here. But there’s no reason that this shouldn’t count as a cycle, right? It’s not a single, but he did get the base he needed.

It doesn’t count, but this is a cycle in all of our books, Gunnar. Don’t worry.

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