BRF;376053 wrote:Yeah, Mark Whiten, former Tribe guy..........oh well...............I think Rocky Colavito hit four homers in a game........for us......a LONG time ago.
I'm going to have to say that pitching a no-hitter is better, seems like hitting for the cycle is rarer (although theVoice posts up that there are more cycles than no-nos.....that is kind of hard to believe for me....but if you said it, so be it) and is quite an accomplishiment but it's like apples to oranges on this one.
Andre Thornton hit for the cycle in 1978, and the last Tribe guy to do it was Hafner in 2006.
I found this interesting blurb on Wiki:
<<On July 7,Hafner became the first player in Major League history to hit five grand slams before the All-Star break and passed Al Rosen in the team's season record book when he homered off Kris Benson of the Baltimore Orioles. He joined Hall-of-Famer Ernie Banks of the 1955 Chicago Cubs, Jim Gentile of the 1961 Orioles and Don Mattingly of the 1987 Yankees as the only players to hit at least five grand slams in a season. In September 2006, the Seattle Mariners' Richie Sexson also joined the five grand slam club.
A little more than a month later, on August 13, Hafner tied Mattingly's single-season record when he hit his sixth grand slam of the season off Luke Hudson of the Kansas City Royals.>>
July 1, 2006....Indians @ Reds.....Hafner was the logical choice to play 1B in Cincinnati but sat due to an elbow problem. They pinch hit him with the bases loaded later in the game....of course he hits a grand slam. I was there. The previous night....Adam Dunn hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 9th against Bob Wickman. That was a fun weekend! I was there for all 3 games.
