Melanie Walker brought home another gold for Jamaica, setting a championship record of 52.42 seconds in the women's 400-meters.

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The title came in the first year of the Yankees' new Japan's Hideki Matsui was voted the Series' Most Valuable Player after he hit 615 with three home runs and eight runs batted in (RBI), including a World Series record-tying 6-RBI performance in Game 6.

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