SF Giants: Breaking Down the NL West Battle Between the Giants and Dodgers

When the Los Angeles Dodgers made their megatrade late last August for Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Josh Beckett, lots of people penciled them in as the NL West champions, even though they trailed the 2010 World Series champion San Francisco Giants at the time by 2.5 games.

Los Angeles had Hanley Ramirez, Clayton Kershaw and Matt Kemp already, so it wasn't far-fetched at all. However, the Giants ran away with the division and eventually captured their second World Series crown, which has motivated the Dodgers to get the ...

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