Game 7, passion lives here  Now this is what playoff baseball is
all about. After 162 regular season games (161 for the Cardinals
because they had one that wasn’t made up), the NL pennant will
be decided Thursday night in a winner-take-all Game 7. The
winner gets the chance to face the Detroit Tigers in the World
Series.  The Mets are going with lefthander Oliver Perez, which
tells you just how little they think of righthander Steve
Trachsel, who was billed as Stevie Blunder after he failed to
get an out in the second inning in losing Game 3.  By the way,
can you believe how So Taguchi is killing the ball off Billy
Wagner? As you all remember, Taguchi’s home run off Wagner was
the game winner in Game 2.  The Chronicle’s on the case, so
Wagner had to be asked if he was tired of seeing Taguchi.
“Shoot, no,” the former Astros closer said before stopping
himself from cursing. “During the regular season I got him out
all the time. Now, he’s like Babe Ruth.”  Wagner is accountable,
which is why the media loves him