Over the last two seasons, two teams are tied for the most victories in baseball :

OK, then! This might not be the World Series, or even the National League Championship Series, but it might be as good of a “matchup between the two best teams in baseball” as you’re going to get.

After all: You’ve got the two potential front-runners for NL MVP , facing off in a most unusual way. (Most battles between designated hitters don’t end with “one pitching to the other,” after all.) You’ve got, by one measure, the two best pitching staffs in the game , and, in very different ways, they’ve each added 100 mph flamethrowers to their bullpens late in the season.

You’ve got, for the first time since way back in 2008-09, when the Phillies beat the Dodgers in back-to-back Octobers on their way to

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