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Good morning and welcome to the YB Box Score, what we're reading between chapters of our new Baseball Prospectus Annual.
Happy birthday today to Aldo & Mario Andretti, Brian Billick, J. T. Snow, Eric Lindros, Jamaal Tinsley and Tayshaun Prince. On this date in 1960 the U.S. men's hockey took home it's first Olympic gold medal in Squaw Valley, California and in 1940 the first televised basketball game took place at Madison Square Garden between Fordham and Pitt.
Daily brain workout
Quiz: Name every men's college basketball player who has won the Naismith Award.
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Around the league
How is it going in New Orleans, Boogie? Moving in okay, settling in a bit, resting up with all the change in your life... okay. So you're feeling at home.
It's safe to say that @boogiecousins is having no problems adjusting to New Orleans. He's currently riding in Zulu with panties on his head. pic.twitter.com/F9TZC0DjwP
— Emma Discher (@EmmaDischer) February 28, 2017
It's only Tuesday, but at least it's a Fat Tuesday out there. Go out and have a dozen paczki and a King Cake for us.
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