That same year, Clemente helped his team beat the New York Yankees to win the World Series - the national baseball championship.

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After Landon Donovan scored the equalizer, Bocanegra would go on to score the goal that gave the U.S.Men's team a much-needed win to remain competitive in regional qualifying action.

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Bill Demong became the first-ever American to win a gold medal in Nordic Combined and the Steve Holcomb drove his four-man bobsled team to the first U.S.Olympic gold medal in the event in 62 years.

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Which is in baseball, if you're a 60- or 70-win team you're not that much better off than if you're a 45-win team.

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And to play fair, pitchers' winning percentages were measured against those of the teams they pitched for (so a pitcher going 20-10 for a .500 team scores higher than one who goes 20-10 for a 100-win team).

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Saints, who are chasing their fourth win in a row in the competition, ran in eight tries in a one-sided win over the team they beat in the 2007 final.

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