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The end comes sooner than expected

By Eric Neel
ESPN.com

Thursday, March 16, 2006

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Roger Clemens was on the hill and he pitched well, but he wasn't the man Thursday night. Bob Davidson made another dubious call (this time turning a no-brainer home run off the right-field foul pole into a stand-up double for Mexico's Mario Valenzuela), but that wasn't the story. The crowds at Angel Stadium had been insane all week, but this one, though they generated the occasional nationalistic chant, never really reached a fever pitch. Team USA's offense had shown ser ...

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