Article: 2002 National League Preview: early calls have the Cardinals, Mets and Diamondbacks as N.L. division champions with St. Louis as the team to beat for the pennant.

ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT BASEBALL IS THAT the game itself generates debate, be it over strategy, the merits of modern players vs. old-timers or the validity of offensive records in this age of eye-popping statistics.

Two of the oldest tenants of baseball still remain true, however:

* Good pitching will beat good hitting, almost every time.

* You have to score runs to win.

The Arizona Diamondbacks showed just how far two dominant pitchers can carry a team in 2001 when the dynamic duo of Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling led them to a World Series victory over the three-time defending champion New York Yankees. Johnson and Schilling ...

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