Box Score 3/3: Bat catching, it's a new thing

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Good Friday to everyone and welcome to the YB Box Score, what we're reading while we wait for the MLS kickoff tonight.

Happy birthday to Bob Bradley, Brian Leetch, Rick Mirer and Alexander Semin.

On this date in 1994 Darryl Strawberry was hit with an IRS investigation for not reporting more than $300,000 of income received for autograph signings at various memorabilia shows.

Daily brain workout

QUIZ: Name every MLB player on the New York Mets who hit 30 or more home runs in a season.

YB ICYMI

• As heavy favorites going into the event, Team USA could be playing the role of saviors for the World Baseball Classic.
• Underwear Olympics weekend and it's time to modernize the NFL Scouting Combine.
• Because really, the NFL combine is extreme vetting that amounts to little.
• Need help planning the weekend? This week's Eat, Drink, Watch shows fight weekends are always fun.

Around the league

• Islander Josh Ho-Sang is going to wear #66 and Mario Lemieux fans are not happy.
• Want to see a youth coach block the basket when one the little tykes goes for the wrong end of the court to shoot? Of course you do. [Deadspin]
• The PGA Tour's south-of-the-border experiment is already a success [Golf]

Let's speed up the game of baseball and make bat catching a thing