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What Had Happened Was: 9/30/16

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    Former New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera presents David Ortiz #34 of the Boston Red Sox with a gift during a retirement ceremony before his final game at Yankee Stadium against the New York Yankees on September 29, 2016 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images
    By Ryan Cortes Rhiannon Walker

    GAME. BLOUSES.

    After clubbing 53 home runs against the New York Yankees over his career, Thursday night marked the last time Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz would ever play at Yankee Stadium.

    But instead of an embittered night with fans yelling at him on his way out, Ortiz was treated to a delightful night that had players from both teams smiling. “Impressive, man. There were no boos out there,” Ortiz said. “It seems like everybody was happy that I’m leaving.”

    Here’s the best of Thursday night’s tribute to Big Papi:

    BLESSINGS!

    The photo that keeps on giving:

    SOCIAL STATUS

    FOR THE CULTURE

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    The National Museum of African American History and Culture is hiring a social media manager, and it’ll probably be the best job ever.

    When Americans party, Mexicans pay the price in drug cartel violence.

    Twenty Latino PBS movies you can stream for free during Hispanic Heritage Month.

    There’s an intriguing link between police shootings and black voter registration.

    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. MY GUY, WHO HURT YOU?

    https://twitter.com/YoungAdolf_/status/781536708487544833

    2. YOU TRIED IT, BEY

    3. JUST WAY, SON?

    #ICYMI

    Our brother Martenzie Johnson sat down with Mike Colter, the star of the Netflix series Luke Cage, to talk about the history of his character and what a black man in a hoodie really means in 2016:

    Mike Randal Colter was born in St. Matthews, South Carolina. It’s a town of just over 2,000 people — 60 percent of whom are black. While Colter describes his childhood experience as “unique,” he hails from a state that proudly flew the Confederate battle flag outside its statehouse for 54 years until nine churchgoers were gruesomely murdered in 2015. “We had the Confederate flag flying over us for so many years,” Colter said. “And when you go down there, there’s still a sense of separation.” At the age of 8, while his classmates probably wanted to be firefighters and astronauts when they grew up, Colter knew he wanted to be an actor. He even believes he was born to be one. But years before he could even realize that dream, he faced that momentthat almost every black person in this country does: when he realized he was a black person in America. As a member of the Cub Scouts, Colter was away at camp. He recalls sitting next to a boy, no older than 6, who just flat-out called him the N-word.

    PICTURE PERFECT

    Ryan Cortes is a staff writer for The Undefeated. Lemon pepper his wings.

    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.

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