Article: Third time a charm for Keefe family ; Father, sons band together for Cooperstown tournament title

LOCAL BASEBALL

Baseball has been bringing fathers and sons together for more than a century, and few have taken the connection as seriously as the Keefe family of Rockland.

This past August, the three Keefe sons, Jim, 42, John, 40, and Tom, 45, joined their 70-year-old father Thomas Keefe, and step- brother Bob Whierling, 40, to go a perfect 10-0 and win the "Legends of Baseball All-Star Camp" tournament at historic Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, N.Y., the birthplace of America's pastime.

The team, called the "Massachusetts Red Sox," was no stranger to the camp, having played there the previous two summers with little success, never winning more than two games on both occasions.

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