Red Sox vs Astros

If you're not well-versed in sports or just don't care about baseball because it tends to take 54,643,234 minutes to get through a game, let me give you the quick Cliffs Notes (remember those?) version of what's going on with Boston baseball right now.

As of this writing, the Red Sox clobbered the Houston Astros last night 12-3 at Fenway Park in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series. They lead the Series 2-1, meaning if they win 2 more games, they head to the World Series again for the 5th time since they broke the "Curse of the Bambino" back in 2004.

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And while a 12-3 trouncing of the opposing team is a great thing to see at Fenway, especially during playoff baseball, that wasn't the highlight of the night. No, the absolute highlight involved a newborn baby going head-to-head with a grown man on the jumbo tron.

A lot of action happens in between innings at Fenway involving the jumbo tron -- a kiss cam, 30,000+ serenading each other with "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" or "Sweet Caroline," and the occasional dance-off. And last night, a grown man busting an absolute move, looking so focused and so passionate about his dancing that his eyebrows pointed down toward his nose, won the hearts of the Fenway Faithful and looked like he had the mid-inning dance competition in the bag.

Enter the baby.

Leave it to New flippin Englanders to not only bring a newborn baby to a ballpark for playoff baseball, but to then cheer this newborn baby on in a dance competition that he didn't even realize was happening. A FULL STADIUM. CHEERING ON A NEWBORN BABY.

Can we please get more of this? A lot more of this. We weren't even allowed in baseball stadiums last year, but now look at us. All smooshed together, forgetting stances on certain things being highlighted in the world right now -- just out there having fun, CHEERING ON A NEWBORN BABY AT A BASEBALL GAME.

Good job uniting New England last night, Newborn Baby. And thank you.

We don't know if that newborn will grow up to be a college athlete, but here are 30 famous people that were

Stacker dug deep to find 30 celebrities who were previously college athletes. There are musicians, politicians, actors, writers, and reality TV stars. For some, an athletic career was a real, promising possibility that ultimately faded away due to injury or an alternate calling. Others scrapped their way onto a team and simply played for fun and the love of the sport. Read on to find out if your favorite actor, singer, or politician once sported a university jersey.

We're not sure of that Fenway baby's name, but these are the most popular baby names in every state

Using March 2019 data from the Social Security Administration, Stacker compiled a list of the most popular names in each of the 50 states and Washington D.C., according to their 2018 SSA rankings. The top five boy names and top five girl names are listed for each state, as well as the number of babies born in 2018 with that name. Historically common names like Michael only made the top five in three states, while the less common name Harper ranks in the top five for 22 states.

Curious what names are trending in your home state? Keep reading to see if your name made the top five -- or to find inspiration for naming your baby.

LOOK: The most popular biblical baby names

To determine the most popular biblical baby names, Stacker consulted the name origin site Behind the Name and the Social Security Administration's baby names database then ranked the top 50 names from Behind the Name's Biblical Names origins list of 564 names, based on how many babies had been given these names in 2019. Click through to find out which biblical names have stood the test of time.

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