Bobby Witt and the modern triples record

Bobby Witt Jr. has a shot at breaking the modern record for triples in a season.

Triples are one of the most exciting plays in baseball. You tend to need multiple things to go right to pull one off. Most players have to hit the ball down into the right-field corner, or the gap in right-center and get a helpful bounce off the wall. Bobby Witt Jr. is not like other players, and he does not need any fortuitous bounces to get to third.

His triple...