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Good morning and welcome to the YB Box Score, what we're reading while we wait to see if the Pirates become sellers ahead of the trade deadline.
Happy birthday today to Deion Branch, Ben Sheets, Torii Hunter and Nick Faldo. On this date in 1999 David Conethrew a perfect game for the New York Yankees against the Expos. (In a small footnote, it happened to be Yogi Berra Day at Yankee Stadium)
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Around the league
There is weird baseball, and then there is weird fun baseball
Carlos Beltran hasn't played the outfield since May 16. The Astros are holding a funeral for his outfield glove. pic.twitter.com/H0ncP06YAp
— Jake Kaplan (@jakemkaplan) July 17, 2017
Have a good day, everyone. Can you believe training camp is almost here?
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