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Cardinal manager Tony La Russa insist NL's best record "is a sign of nothing."

“It’s a sign of nothing,” La Russa spat during the post-game press conference on Wednesday night. “It’s a sign of a potential distraction for our team. What you need to do is crank out series and try to get to the finish line. anything that the team thinks about other than that — it’s a distraction. … It’s got zero value.

“It’s only value is a negative one,” the manager concluded. “It’s a distraction.”