Percival secured the final three outs on Sunday to send the traditionally cursed and suddenly blessed Angels to baseball's promised land.
The river's anglers traditionally sent the first salmon caught each year to the president, but the last time this was done was in 1992, to George Bush senior.
Weight lifting has been popular with many Lebanese athletes since the mid-20th century, and the country has traditionally sent weight lifters to international competitions with some regularity.
Lesotho, in particular, had few economic resources other than its labour, which it traditionally sent over the border into South Africa to work in the mines.
This year's race has been clouded by the row over who will see "screeners", the videos and DVDs of contenders traditionally sent to academy members.
(Hadhramaut has traditionally sent its sons abroad to make their fortunes; the most famous of these is Osama bin Laden's father, Mohammed).
The Net simply wasn't a viable alternative for distributing the signals traditionally sent over cables or beamed down from satellites.
North Korea has traditionally sent only a small delegation to the Winter Games and has never won a gold medal at them.
Today Yemeni Americans, who have traditionally sent home money to help build up their country, are anguished by the war, which has killed 6,600 civilians since 2015 and brings almost constant news of fresh calamities.
A new course, which traditionally sent the fleet barrelling through the icy wastes of the southern ocean to blessed relief in Auckland, and then sent back for a second dose rounding Cape Horn now takes in India, Singapore and China, hence the threat of attack from pirates.
The press conference has not started yet, but he's just sent me this: Traditionally, Plaid has been seen as a party of the north and west, but the choice of the Wales Millennium Centre theatre complex in Cardiff Bay for the launch signals that they believe they can do well away from their heartlands.
