Every person in a ballpark wants to see a triple play, including sportswriters like Bob Ryan. Vincent Canby wrote, “Seeing a triple play, to a sportswriter, is what a partial eclipse is to an astronomer.” This brings us to the fictional sportswriter Oscar Madison, who, with Felix Unger, was one of the leading characters of the play, movie, and oft-repeated and re-done television show, The Odd Couple, written by Neil Simon.
