Box Score 8/3: Don't worry, Mr. Brady. Birthdays get easier after 40

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Good morning and welcome to the YB Box Score, what we're reading while we figure out of Tom Brady wants three raw almonds for his birthday treat or four. (We're going with three, since he might want save room for his avocado sorbet.) 

Happy birthday today to Todd Gurley, Mark Reynolds, Ryan Carter, Dominic Moore and yes, Tom Brady who turns 40 today. On this day in 1987 the Bears and Cowboys played the first of the NFL exhibition series of games in London's Wembley Stadium. 

Daily brain work out

Name the oldest player on the every NFL team from the 2016 season in our 'Old Tom Brady is still the Ol' Tom Brady' quiz. 

YB ICYMI

• How balancing the books revitalized the Yankees
• Hall of Fame week continues and sorry haters, no one is more deserving of the Hall of Fame than Jerry Jones. 
• Who is the most underpaid NFL player at every position?
• Trade deadline survivors who could still be moved this winter.
  

Around the league 

• "I didn't think I was doing something revolutionary. It was just a job, and I did it the best that I could. But was I proud? Oh, absolutely. " You're going to want to read the oral history behind the Astros' rainbow uniform. [UniWatch] 
• Players prefer sliding head first, but safety research says lead with your feet. [NYT]
• Meet the women who run college football recruiting in the South. [SB Nation]

Reminder, a touchdown in baseball is pretty bad