Arizona Diamondbacks Aaron Hill rides cycle into MLB history

From Geno Ball Just in time for the Tour de France, Aaron Hill of the Arizona Diamondbacks is getting pretty comfortable riding a cycle. Twice in 11 days, the second baseman has hit a single, a double, a triple and a tater in the same game. Hill is only the second player in the modern era—and the fourth in Major League history— to accomplish the heroic feat twice in a season: By repeating his incredible achievement, Hill becomes the fourth player in MLB history to hit for two cycles in the same season. John Reilly was the first all the way back in 1883, and is the only other player to hit two cycles within one calendar month (Sept. 12 and 19). Tip O’Neill then did it in 1887, with his cycles also coming just one week apart (April 30 and May 7). The most recent was Babe Herman in 1931 — or one Halley’s Comet visit plus six years ago. Not since 1931! Brewers were on the wrong end of history—just their luck! And Hill had the audacity to do it against the bad luck Brewer...