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          Karablog: Watching weekend battle of wild-card wannabes

          Fantasy baseball managers should be watching the games this weekend between the Dodgers and Cardinals closely. Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports
          • Eric Karabell, ESPN Senior WriterSep 14, 2018, 02:02 PM
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          On Thursday, the first game of the critical Dodgers-Cardinals series went to the road team, as left-hander Austin Gomber struggled to get outs and Clayton Kershaw got enough of them for his eighth win of the season. Three more games remain for these interesting clubs. I could see both of them in the playoffs -- or neither. From the fantasy standpoint, there is so much to watch here, not only for the final weeks of the regular season but also this winter.