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    Division Series – Boston Red Sox v Cleveland Indians – Game One
    CLEVELAND, OH – OCTOBER 6: Dustin Pedroia #15 reacts with Brock Holt #12 of the Boston Red Sox after Holt was tagged out by Roberto Perez #55 of the Cleveland Indians during the first inning of game one of the American League Division Series on October 6, 2016 at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio. Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images
    By Rhiannon Walker Kofie Yeboah

    GAME. BLOUSES.

    Both American League Divisional Series matchups kicked off Thursday. We had the Toronto Blue Jays drub the Texas Rangers, 10-1, but the closer game was between the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians. Cleveland held on to win, 5-4, but the game ended with some theatrics. Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia struck out on a check swing, and instead of going down quietly … well just see for yourself:

    Baseball is way more fun when you have heated arguments like the one Pedroia had to end the game. However, upon further review after the game, Pedroia realized that he did in fact go around.

    Awk.

    BLESSINGS!

    Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook will be inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame on Nov. 17, and Basketball Hall of Famer, and Charlotte Bobcats owner, Michael Jordan will introduce him. Blessings are falling.

    SOCIAL STATUS

    NBA back.

    https://t.co/pFoLihibKu

    *NBA almost back.*

    FOR THE CULTURE

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    Texas’ voter ID law is bad. The state’s Jim Crow-style voter registration laws are even worse.

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    TOP THREE TWEETS

    Every morning we’ll hit you here with the best of what we saw on social media the previous night. Why? Why not?

    1. WHEN SPORTS TEST FRIENDSHIPS

    2. DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK

    https://twitter.com/mamaheffa/status/783694457254338561

    3. TIMMY, TIMMY TURNAH

    #ICYMI

    A kicker at the University of Notre Dame made a 50-yard field goal in practice. Except the kicker wasn’t a kicker. It was a defensive lineman named Lincoln Feist.

    Form: 2/5

    Celebration: 16/5

    Would pay top dollar to see Feist do that in a game.

    PICTURE PERFECT

    Rhiannon Walker is an associate editor at The Undefeated. She is a drinker of Sassy Cow Creamery chocolate milk, an owner of an extensive Disney VHS collection, and she might have a heart attack if Frank Ocean doesn't drop his second album.

    Kofie Yeboah asks for Sweet Tea at every restaurant and recites approximately 2.5 Spongebob lines per hour.

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