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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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Rondo, Triple Double – Celtics beat Cavs to even East semifinals

RondoBy BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer

May 9, 10:41 pm EDT

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BOSTON (AP)—Those “MVP! MVP!” chants are usually reserved for LeBron James or one of Boston’s Big Three.

Rajon Rondo earned every one of them Sunday.

The Boston point guard had 29 points, 18 rebounds and 13 assists, and the Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 97-87 on Sunday to even the Eastern Conference semifinal series at two games apiece.

Still sometimes overlooked among the Celtics’ other All-Stars, Rondo is the reason his team is two wins away from knocking off the East’s No. 1 seed.

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NCAA March madness: three weeks of shear bliss

by Thomas Conroy Contributor Written on March 15, 2010

Bracketology became reality when the NCAA tournament field was unveiled. So let the commentators over-analyzed and tell us how poor the at-large field is in this year’s tournament. Hold on; don’t think it will be a cake walk to winning your office pool. The uncertainty on how well some teams will play could make your decisions regretful. Hey, it’s not easy to handicap the NCAA tournament.
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Phillies Triple Play – three outs by one player

 

 

Phillies versus Mets.

NEW YORK — It happened so fast, Eric Bruntlett needed a few moments before he realized he had just ended a game with an unassisted triple play.

 
Second baseman Eric Bruntlett single-handedly secured the Phillies’ win over the Mets on Sunday, turning an unassisted triple play to end the game. It was just the 15th such play in MLB history (including the postseason) and only the second that finished a game.
Unassisted Triple Play To End Game  May 31, 1927 Sunday
Player Johnny Neun Eric Bruntlett

Team Tigers Phillies
Position 1B 2B
Inning Top 9th Bottom 9th
Opp. Indians Mets
Score 1-0 9-7

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