Orioles baffled after watching Gunnar Henderson purposefully pass up feat every player dreams to accomplish

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Every position player in baseball dreams of one day hitting for the cycle. It’s a rare occurrence when one hits a single, double, triple and home run in one game.

It’s only happened 343 times since the first in 1882 by Curry Foley. The most recent was Cincinnati Reds rookie Elly De La Cruz’s on June 23.

So, when fellow rookie and Baltimore Orioles phenom Gunnar Henderson smashed a ball down the right-field line against the Oakland Athletics, his teammates and the crowd began cheering because he needed just a single to complete his cycle.

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Gunnar Henderson of the Baltimore Orioles trots around the bases after hitting a solo home run against the Oakland Athletics in the top of the seventh inning at RingCentral Coliseum on August 20, 2023, in Oakland, California. (Thearon W. Henderson / Getty Images)

But Henderson did the unthinkable: He ran to second base for another double.

"You know what? Gunnar Henderson is not going to stop at first," the Orioles’ play-by-play announcer said during the 12-1 win for Baltimore. "Who needs a cycle when you can pick up your fourth extra-base hit of the game? The Orioles bench is saying he should’ve stopped at first."

The camera panned to the Orioles’ dugout, showing a group of Henderson’s teammates and coaches who looked completely dumbfounded by what they witnessed. Many had their hands up trying to figure out why Henderson didn’t just stop.

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The Orioles were already up 10-1 in the contest in the top of the eighth, so it wasn’t like Henderson taking an extra bag was