100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (2013)
“Wes Parker and the Cycle Ritual is a part of sports that can sometimes be simultaneously soothing and annoying. For the Dodgers, this used to be illustrated by “The Ballad of Wes Parker.”
Any time—every time—a Dodger player would get three different types of hits in a game, the broadcaster of the moment would point out that the player’s chance to become the first Dodger to hit for the cycle since Parker did so on May 7, 1970. The historical anecdote pushed the limit of diminishing returns; ...many Dodgers fans eventually learned it by rote like their times tables or their ATM code.
Parker rode his cycle against the defending World Series champion New York “Miracle” Mets at Shea Stadium, and it was one of the brighter moments in a season that quickly found the Dodgers seven games behind Cincinnati—Los Angeles would finish 141/2 back. Only 16,552 saw the game, and one thing they don’t usually tell you about Parker’s cycle is how dramatic it was.MoreLess
Any time—every time—a Dodger player would get three different types of hits in a game, the broadcaster of the moment would point out that the player’s chance to become the first Dodger to hit for the cycle since Parker did so on May 7, 1970. The historical anecdote pushed the limit of diminishing returns; ...many Dodgers fans eventually learned it by rote like their times tables or their ATM code.
Parker rode his cycle against the defending World Series champion New York “Miracle” Mets at Shea Stadium, and it was one of the brighter moments in a season that quickly found the Dodgers seven games behind Cincinnati—Los Angeles would finish 141/2 back. Only 16,552 saw the game, and one thing they don’t usually tell you about Parker’s cycle is how dramatic it was.MoreLess
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