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Insider Intel: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Olney: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/buster-olney/post/_/id/1681?addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Miggy eyes another Triple Crown
Cameron: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9285747/kyle-kendrick-tops-players-whove-reinvented-2013-mlb?addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Top early-season turnarounds
Petriello: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9287861/texas-rangers-showing-making-offseason-moves-was-way-go-mlb?addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Quiet winter doesn't slow Texas
Spratt: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9286429/arizona-diamondbacks-paul-goldschmidt-setting-mvp-pace-mlb?addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Goldschmidt setting MVP pace
Bowden: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/the-gms-office/post?id=6597&addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Mariners will contend

The best staff and best hitter in the NL take on the team with the best record

Originally Published: October 6, 2009

By Keith Law | ESPN Insider

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This should be a great one. The Dodgers had the best record in the National League -- and the best run differential to back it up. The Cardinals have the best hitter in the game and (arguably) the league's best rotation. They have a chance to sweep the NL MVP and Cy Young awards.

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