Intro:

St. Louis Cardinals manager, Mike Matheny, and Atlanta Braves manager, Fredi Gonzalez, look ahead of their wild card National League play-off game on Friday.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny
"The new format, we're ecstatic. We'd be home right now and we'd be spectators. So we're exceptionally happy about the format. The fact that we will have to use up a pitcher it makes sense to me. I believe the team that wins the division ought to have an advantage. I think it's been well done. I applaud the league for the excitement and the buzz that went through baseball. We've seen last year, Game 162, one of the most exciting ever, and now this year there are so many teams and fan bases engaged to the last day, the last couple of days certainly, and that's what we're doing here. This is a fan driven business. I think the excitement level proves that it's been a good idea."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez
"Well, it's Game 7, really. As simple as it may seem, it's Game 7. You can imagine, we've played six, and we've won three, they've won three. It's Game 7. I've never experienced a Game 7 as a manager, so I can't tell you how that feels. But it's Game 7, really."