>>I like California Chrome's chances at the Belmont.
>>The track will be fast and I'm looking forward to one of the few non-golf sporting events I'll watch this year.
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>I turned on NBC about 7:05 last night, hoping to see the start of the Rangers/Kings Stanley Cup game.
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>Instead, I saw some badly dressed geezer ranting about his opposition being cowardly and preventing C.C. from winning the Triple Crown.
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>Triple Crown? Give me a break. The only Triple Crown is the one given to a MLB player who leads the league in homers, average, and RBIs.

FWIW, looks like horse racing was using the term before baseball was even a thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_crown

Tamar