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Baseball, anyone? Beloved sports figure and Yankee icon Yogi Berra died this week at 90. The Pinstripes catcher established a Hall of Fame career while wearing this number:
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15
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8
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6
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23
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Meanwhile, in the currently contested season, this team was the second to clinch a postseason berth:
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Cubs
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Pirates
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Dodgers
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Mets
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And these dudes were the first to clinch their division:
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Blue Jays
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Rangers
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Cardinals
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Royals
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And this team's path to World Series glory became a wee bit more more complicated when they had to shut down their catcher for the rest of the year.
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The one that plays in Kansas City
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The one that plays in Houston
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The one that plays in Pittsburgh
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The one that plays in Chicago (not the one that sucks)
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Finally in baseball notes, we read that this guy was the first to win 20 games this season, which we are given to understand is an impressive achievement:
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Max Scherzer
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Clayton Kershaw
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Jake Arrieta
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Noah Syndergaard
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And things have gone from bad to God-awful for this imploding MLB team, who saw their petulant closer go off against their superstar hitter in the dugout Sunday:
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Brave
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Tigers
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A's
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Natinals
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The kids are right to point and laugh at this ranked college football team, who were taken to the woodshed by a score of 62-20 at home this week:
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Oregon
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USC
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TCU
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Mississippi
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In what would have been the greatest single sports story ever, apparently the news that this school's high-profile offensive coordinator was jettisoned from the team after sleeping with the head coach's daughter, was unfortunately just a hoax.
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Texas
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Michigan
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Notre Dame
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Alabama
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This 0-2 team's head coach went and brought math into things by ranting about his team's performance:
"You just gotta take care of the football. Make great decisions, take care of the football. It's not that hard. It's not trigonometry."
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Baltimore
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Indianapolis
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Philadelphia
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Seattle
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Dallas's Tony Romo got himself busted up again, but fear not, Cowboys fans....here comes Matt Cassel, signed from playing most recently with:
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Washington
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Buffalo
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Cleveland
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Houston
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This NFL squad passed the half century mark, hanging 51 points on their hapless opponents Sunday:
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New England
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Pittsburgh
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Cincinnati
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Atlanta
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And as curfew went into affect Sunday night, this sole division had a pair of unbeaten teams:
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AFC East
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NFC South
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NFC Central
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AFC West
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