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Good morning and welcome to the YB Box Score, what we're reading while begrudgingly admit to ourselves Bruce Arena might be onto something with the USMNT.
Happy birthday today to Mwadi Mabika, Christopher Dean, Peggy Fleming and Alex Rodriguez . On this date in 1999 Tony Hawk landed the first 900 at the X-Games.
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Name the last player from every MLB team to get elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in our 'Cooperstown: The New Class' quiz.
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And the journey begins as the USMNT get ready for the 2018 World Cup – enjoy the Gold Cup win
CHAMPIONS! #GoldCup2017 pic.twitter.com/z3zRrZMXDP
— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) July 27, 2017
Have a good Thursday, everyone. Celebrate the day in honor of A-Rod's birthday and hit it out of the park.
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