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How Well Do You Know: 8/26/19-9/1/19
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Who had a good weekend? Justin Verlander had a good weekend. The Astros' ace recorded a no-hitter against this team:
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The Orioles
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The Marlins
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The Rays
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The Blue Jays
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What made Verlander's third career no-hitter extra special was:
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He threw it on his birthday
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He faced the minimum
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He no-hit the Jays for the second time in their building
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He recorded all ground-ball outs
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Meanwhile, this teams 3rd baseman became the first ever at that position with 30 homers and 100 ribbies in 5 consecutive seasons:
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The Rockies
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The Giants
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The Reds
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The Red Sox
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Meanwhile, this gang set the all-time home-runs-on-the-road record:
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The Dodgers
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The Yankees
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The Cubs
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The Twins
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Genius sports comedy fans everywhere were saddened at the farewell bade by Twitter parody account _________ Andrew Luck:
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Colonel
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General
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Private
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Captain
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Over in the NFL, the Texans traded defensive stalwart Jadeveon Clowney to these guys:
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The Rams
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The Seahawks
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The Falcons
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The Broncos
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College football returned in full. Thursday night saw defending champion Clemson lay a fustigation upon the gridiron gang from:
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The Citadel
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Syracuse
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West Virginia
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Georgia Tech
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Michigan State's 28-7 victory over this school didn't seem that remarkable, until you consider Sparty held the opponent to -73 yards rushing:
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Tulsa
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Rice
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Colorado State
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Kansas State
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And this QB got his season off with a bang, accounting for 6 touchdowns in his team's easy breezy win:
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Jalen Hurts
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Tua Tagovailoa
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Kelly Bryant
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Trevor Lawrence
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Finally, an entertaining first week of the US Open was marred by this contender's withdrawal due to should injury on Sunday:
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Naomi Osaka
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Serena Williams
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Novak Djokovic
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Roger Federer
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