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ST. Cheap NFL Jerseys . LOUIS -- Almost always, Mike Matheny keeps his cool. Thats what you might notice at first about Tony La Russas successor as St. Louis Cardinals manager, the inner fire without the bombast. Its what you see right now in the glare of October, when the moves pay off big time or fail miserably, and are endlessly dissected either way. Theres a difference in style, but winning is a given. La Russa managed 2,728 regular-season wins in 33 seasons and trails only Connie Mack and John McGraw. He became the first manager to retire a winner after guiding a heavy underdog to the 2011 title, and is sure the Cardinals got the right guy. "Im in no position to compare," La Russa said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I just know that he was always an impressive leader type. "I definitely know he has the ability. I think hes already made his mark." Make no mistake, theres plenty of fire. In Game 4, Matheny took umpires to task over perceived shortcomings. Though every question gets a measured response, sometimes after tough losses the microphone picks up the sound of fingers impatiently tapping away on the lectern. The manager declined to take it easy on Kolten Wong after the rookie was cut down in Game 4 for the first game-ending pickoff in World Series history, pointing out he knew about Koji Ueharas move. "He was reminded once he got on base, and also he was reminded that run didnt mean much, be careful, shorten up," Matheny said. Mathenys playing career as a light-hitting, strong fielding catcher peaked when he played for La Russa and won four Gold Gloves in five seasons. His steady field leadership made an impression, and his resume jumped to the top of the pile for St. Louis without a single game of managing experience. Players climbed aboard right away. Pitcher Adam Wainwright credits not just La Russa, but also 90-year-old Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst, who managed the Cardinals to a World Series victory over the Red Sox in 1967 and remains active as a special assistant to general manager John Mozeliak. "The perfect torch there," Wainwright said from the podium earlier in the post-season. "A guy who was a great leader and a great motivator of men, and a guy whos learned from the best in my opinion." The Cardinals were expected to fade a bit last year with a rookie manager who didnt have Albert Pujols big bat for the lineup. They took advantage of the second NL wild card and rallied on the road to knock off the Braves and Nationals before running out of gas in the NL championship series when they squandered a 3-1 lead against the Giants. Matheny is part of a new breed of manager, a group including Boston counterpart John Farrell, Kirk Gibson in Arizona and White Sox manager Robin Ventura, that didnt require minor league trial and error seasoning. Last fall, San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy thought the Cardinals had the same fire and added, "I wish I could tell you theres a difference." "If you played the game for as long as he did, you know how the game is going to be run," St. Louis slugger Carlos Beltran said. "You know the players dictate how the game goes and as manager you know youre going to have two or three opportunities to make a change. "But there are a lot of things you have to do to put your team in position." In Year 2, Matheny has gotten the most out of a roster that by necessity has leaned heavily on rookies. St. Louis is close to making it two titles in three seasons with not just different managers but vastly different casts, too. Rookies combined for a major league-high 36 wins and have provided five more in the post-season, four by Michael Wacha. All the high leverage spots in the bullpen are manned by rookies. Matheny is probably more of a players manager than La Russa, but both can be fiercely loyal. The Cardinals are carrying Edward Mujica, who had 35 saves before fading badly in September and losing the closer job to rookie Trevor Rosenthal, perhaps as a reward for what hes done. Rookie Shelby Miller also seems to be around because of his role in the season-long success. The 15-game winner was in the rotation from the start and the team is giving him the quasi-Stephen Strasburg treatment, using him for just one inning entering Game 5. Matheny came under fire for pitching decisions in Game 4 of the World Series, and seemed to arrive for Game 5 with a clean slate. "La Russa is a Hall of Fame manager, and I think a lot of us wanted Mike," third baseman David Freese said. "There were a ton of us who were friends with Mike and we knew what type of guy he was." "Hes extremely close to his family and I think were his second family." nfl jerseys china . -- Carl Edwards dominated the NASCAR Nationwide Series race Saturday night at Nashville Superspeedway. James Harden Jersey . Albert, Alta., has an easy time of it Sunday at the world senior curling championship. http://www.cheapjerseyssafe.com/ . The 29-year-old American has always been happy to put the clay court season behind him and turn his attention to grass, a surface he has excelled on by reaching three Wimbledon finals and winning the title at Queens on four occasions. cheap jerseys . QPRs first win in the topflight at Stamford Bridge since March 1979 was secured by Shaun Wright-Phillips scoring against his former club. The end of Chelseas four-game winning run in one of the biggest shocks so far this season left Benitezs side fourth in the standings, 14 points behind leader Manchester United. cheap nfl jerseys . In just his sixth career start, Humber (2-2) carried a no-hitter through 6 1/3 innings and tallied five strikeouts. Adam Dunn went 1-for-2 and added the eventual game-winning RBI in the fourth inning for Chicago, which halted a three-game skid. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Tony Kanaan felt snubbed after the IndyCar drivers barely got on-track cameos during warmups. Will Power was steamed because IndyCar red-flagged his fast qualifying time, leaving the defending champion back in the pack to start the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. Helio Castroneves, meanwhile, had no complaints since hell start Sundays IndyCar race on the pole in pursuit of his second straight win to open the season after completing the 2.38-mile road course at Barber Motorsports Park in 1:10.4768 during qualifying. Its his 37th career pole. The build-up to Chevrolet vs. Honda Round 2 boasted plenty of drama, especially for a race that had only one leader -- Power -- from start to finish last year. Fellow Chevrolet driver James Hinchcliffe of Oakville, Ont., (1:10.5222) qualified a career-best second and also starts on the front row, followed by Hondas Scott Dixon (1:10.5291) and Mike Conway (1:10.8791) The biggest qualifying upset Saturday was that Power didnt make it to the Fast Six for the first time in 21 races. That was because of bad timing, not slow times. His final second-session lap would have led the way but it didnt count because a local yellow flag had come down after Ryan Hunter-Reays wreck and a red flag followed. "Its a pretty frustrating qualifying result," said Power, who had started the first two Barber races on the pole. "Man, we had a great Verizon car today. We had a good first session and we were ready to fight for the pole. I know IndyCar threw the red flag there but Im not sure why they didnt allow our fast lap. Its definitely going to be tough starting ninth (Sunday), but we know weve got a fast car. We have to have a good start and be strong on the restarts and hopefully work our way up front." IndyCars new race director said it was a no-brainer because Power had driven through the caution area and the red flag was dropped just before he finished. "It was a great lap, its an unfortunate situation," Beaux Barfield said. "But in my eyes from an officiating standpoint, that lap was never going to stand anyway. I did delay the call of the red flag -- there was one other car on a legitimate lap that hadnt driven through the situation -- to make sure he could finish the lap. I know it looked like we dropped it right when Will Power was getting near there, but the lap had already basically been disallowed in our eyes anyway, based on the fact that he drove through the local caution." Powers 1:09.8529 in the first qualifying round had broken his own track record. Drivers were grumbling at another call before qualifying even began. They were limited to one warmup lap because fog had grounded a medical helicopter, potentially pushing back the schedule and dipping into Indy Lights cars time on the track. That pecking order left Kanaan grumbling that he felt as if he were back "racing in Formula Fords." "I think a better way to handle it would be -- treat us like the top series," said Kanaan, who starts sixth alongside JR Hildebrand. "We should run before anybody else does, no matter what. If wwere going to delay some people, were going to delay some people. Wholesale Jerseys China. Were not going to get us jeopardized. "Im saying that without really knowing whats going on during those schedules. Its a selfish way to say we want to run." Barfield said the helicopter took off for the track right after the drivers packed it in, and noted that Indy Lights drivers had lost track time earlier because of the weather. A Grand-Am race was scheduled for early afternoon. "We had a very narrow window this morning to operate within to do all of our business," he said. "We had zero flexibility to sort of slide into that window." In the manufacturers competition, Honda managed to close the gap with two cars among the top four after Chevrolet monopolized the top 5 in St. Petersburg qualifying. Team Penske had a mixed day, with Castroneves winning the pole and Power and Ryan Briscoe (12th) landing disappointing starting spots. Briscoe had mechanical problems that kept him from running in the second round of qualifying. Power led from start to finish last year. Hes been the dominant driver in practice and qualifying rounds all three years, but a backfiring pit strategy in 2010 cost him the lead and maybe the points title. Team Penske is 2-for-2 at the picturesque track in suburban Birmingham. Three-time defending points champion Dario Franchittis rough start continued in qualifying. He didnt make it past the first round of qualifying. His fast lap of 1:10.6749 has him starting 18th after a 13th-place finish at St. Petersburg. "Lack of balance overall really is what we dealt with," Franchitti said. "Lack of track time, too, and we havent been great so far." Ex-Formula One star Rubens Barrichello qualified 14th in his second IndyCar race. Alex Tagliani of Lachenaie, Que., will start 23rd. Hinchcliffe, the 2011 rookie of the year, topped his third-place start in Kentucky last year. He opened in the eighth position at Barber last year but got caught up in E.J. Visos spinout less than halfway through. "Not a bad Saturday morning at the track," he said. "For us, it was obviously a decent session. We rolled into qualifying after the weird schedule with the weather we have had with only, I think, 14 or 15 dry laps under our belt, and those didnt even go that well. We didnt know quite what to expect. "With a couple of big hitters missing out because of that yellow, we knew it was going to be a good opportunity to try to score well, and as a result we end up on the front row." That could be awfully important on a narrow course where passing opportunities are at a premium. Power said Friday it might be hard to win without some help for anyone starting outside the front two rows. "I reckon anywhere almost out of the top four you dont have a chance to win it," he said. Scott Dixon, who has finished second here the past two years, knows the difficulties of squeezing past other cars. "Its always tough to pass here," Dixon said. "Its always hard to get a run. I think strategy is going to be key." ' ' '
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