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Good morning and welcome to the YB Box Score, what we're reading while quietly clapping for the BoSox win over the Cards.
Happy birthday today to Rudy Gay, Dustin Pedroia, Dee Brown, Antwaan Randle El, Christian Laettner and Jon Gruden. On this day in 1982 the Dodgers and Cubs started a game that would go for 21 innings and would be forced to be played over two days.
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Around the league
Is combing Beast Mode and Flavortown even legal in this state, or do we need to get a recommendation from a doctor?
"That's Flavortown all day."@GuyFieri and @MoneyLynch talk chicken in Napa. pic.twitter.com/muanmBr3JH
— OAKLAND RAIDERS (@RAIDERS) August 16, 2017
Have a good Thursday, everyone. Yankees-Mets starts tonight if you're looking for other wild combos today.
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