Here’s to Rays third baseman Evan Longoria, who hit for the cycle Tuesday night in a 6-4 win over the Astros in Houston. It was just the second cycle in Tampa Bay's 20-year history and the first in the sport to require instant replay, as Longoria's ninth-inning double was affirmed only after umpires reversed the original call that he had been out at second base.
We watch baseball not only to see great things happen but to see things we truly haven’t seen before—say, a player getting ejected days before his 3,000th hit for dragging the on-deck circle closer to the plate.