who beat democrat dan mccready by 2 percentage points. murphy defeated democrat alan thomas. donald trump awarding the medal of freedom to new york yankees pitcher mariano rivera. the nation s highest civilian honor. you have to listen to this. the two entering the ceremony, rivera s game song. the pantomime native who became us citizens that he was the happiest man in baseball when he learned english. tried to be the best for america. i am proud to be an american. rivera was inducted into the baseball hall of fame earlier this year, he is the 7 sports