The St. Louis Cardinals swooped into Oakland for a three-game set against the Athletics this past weekend. The series between two of baseball’s best teams featured some of baseball’s best players this season. Not surprisingly, the result was some pretty darn good baseball. The A’s took the series by winning Sunday’s rubber game, 7-5. But the two teams were pretty evenly matched throughout the weekend. A likely outcome considering their similar keys to success. At Sunday’s end, St. Louis left town with the second-best record in the National League, at 49-32. Meanwhile, Oakland pushed its record to 48-35 and kept ...