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Sports include many games structured in threes. In baseball, there are three strikes and you are out, three outs to an inning, and a trinity of trinities (3X3), in other words, 9 innings. Do you know about "Tinker to Evers to Chance?" Pictured to the right is none other than Joe Dimaggio.

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High Wheel tricycle

high wheel tricycle

While the men were risking their necks on the high wheels, ladies, confined to their long skirts and corsets, could take a spin around the park on an adult tricycle. These machines also afforded more dignity to gentlemen such as doctors and clergymen. Many mechanical innovations now associated with the automobile were originally invented for tricycles. Rack and pinion steering, the differential, and band brakes, to name a few!

Popular during the late 1880’s.

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“Reg-gie! Reg-gie!” smacks three home runs in consecutive at-bats

Reggie JacksonOctober 18, 1977
1977 World Series | Game 6

YANKEE STADIUM, THE BRONX, NEW YORK — In a performance as dominating as any of those from the legends who came before him, Reggie Jackson hit three home runs on three pitches to power the New York Yankees to victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series. It was the defining moment in pinstripes for Jackson, whose dramatic performance won over the fans and helped to earn him the suitable nickname, “Mr. October.”

LINESCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Dodgers 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 9 0
Yankees 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 1 X 8 8 1

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Stern: Miami’s Big 3 acted within rights

ESPN.com news services

NBA commissioner David Stern congratulated LeBron James on his decision. He just wishes it came without "The Decision."

Stern said Monday he would have advised James to tell the Cleveland Cavaliers of his choice to leave for the Miami Heat earlier than he did, and that the two-time MVP’s public announcement shouldn’t have come in a made-for-television special that attracted nearly 10 million viewers.

"I think that LeBron is a really good guy and he’s going to be a great player and I don’t think that this particular production showcased him to the best of our abilities," Stern said.
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