NEW YORK — St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt won the National League MVP award on Thursday, taking the coveted trophy for the first time after a couple of close calls earlier in his career. The slugger received 22 of 30 first-place votes and eight second-place nods for 380

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