Dec 7 2023 - The Hat Trick Continued

 

The hat trick in different sports - in cricket where it originated, the same player has to take three consecutive wickets.  In hockey it is three goals by a player at any point in the game.  If the goals were made one after the other it is a natural hat trick.  Hockey has a good track record at hat tricks.  Supposedly the origin in hockey, according to SportsAspire is that... "in the 1940s, Alex Kaleta of the Chicago Blackhawks was walking around in Toronto, prior to his match against the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was searching for a hat and found a man by the name of Sammy Taft. So he sees this swanky gray fedora with a gray trim, and he really digs it, but he didn’t have enough paper to buy it. So Taft makes an offer to Kaleta, telling him that if he were to score three goals in the upcoming match, the former would gift him the hat free of charge. As it turned out, Kaleta took it seriously, scored four goals, and Taft kept his word. Enter, the hat trick in hockey." This is the accepted narrative in the NHL Hall of Fame, and hockey fans reward such an accomplishment by throwing their hats into the arena. That's what I was told yesterday, so I am going with it. Compare the sports here.  There are lots of differences.    This was a model at this year's convention in Denver.

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Dec 6 2023 - Hat Trick

 

All of the tributes to Christine Sinclair talk about the "hat trick" in the Manchester game of 2012.  There's no definition of hat trick by the authors.  Everybody knows what hat trick is.  I guess that's 8.1 billion people minus 1.  It is easy to look up: it is when a player scores three goals in a single game.  Two goals in a single match is called a brace. Where does the expression come from?  It just seems like a magician sort of activity.  Not at all.  The expression hat trick originated in cricket.  A bowler who retired three batsmen with three consecutive balls was entitled to a new hat at the expense of the club to commemorate this feat.   I wonder if everyone knows that? And is it hat trick, hat-trick, or hattrick?  No one seems to agree on that one. And what did the referee in that game make?  Two banana calls, according to Cathal Kelly.  I don't know what they are either.  And no easy look-up answers so far.   This picture of Millie came up and she looks like she's making some sort of Banana call.

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