Monday, October 8, 2012

South Carolina DNR Hosts Oct. 13 Cheraw Youth Fishing Rodeo ...

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the South Carolina Parks of Recreation and Tourism (SCPRT) have partnered together to host a free outdoor family event on October 13 in the Cheraw area. Youth ages 6-15 are encouraged to sign up for a fishing rodeo at the DNR Cheraw Fish Hatchery and a paddling clinic at SCPRT?s Cheraw State Park.

Youth will have the rare opportunity to fish at the Cheraw Fish Hatchery on Oct. 13 during one of two scheduled sessions from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Youth ages 6-15 must be accompanied by and adult and no adult fishing will be allowed. Pre-registration is required and limited spaces are available. Call (803) 737-8483 or?register online. Sign in occurs 30 minutes prior to the session start time. Bring your own fishing equipment and tackle and only live bait and catfish bait will be allowed. No minnows or artificial lures. Anglers can catch and keep, but an event specific creel limit will be in place. Call (803) 737-8483 for additional information.

The?Cheraw Fish Hatchery?was constructed in 1937 with federal funds and assigned to the state for operation and maintenance. The Cheraw Fish Hatchery is located five miles southwest of Cheraw adjacent to U.S. Highway 1.

Cheraw State Park staff is conducting a free paddle clinic at the park on Oct. 13 for two sessions from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 12 noon to 1 p.m. Canoes and kayaks along with life jackets and paddles will be provided. The sessions are limited to the first 10 participants so sign up today by calling (843) 537-9656. Admission to Cheraw State Park is free.

At?Cheraw State Park, cypress wetlands line Lake Juniper and can be explored by kayaks and canoes or via a boardwalk that runs along the lake. Try fishing from the boardwalk or by boat, or take time to explore other areas of Cheraw on the park?s extensive biking, hiking and equestrian trail system.

Logo courtesy South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

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HBT: Cards' Matheny gets outmanaged

The biggest hit in Sunday?s Game 1 came about because the Nationals got the matchup they wanted and the Cardinals didn?t.

Down 2-1 with two on and two out in the top of the eighth, Nationals manager Davey Johnson sent up lefty Chad Tracy in hit in the pitcher?s spot in the order. The Cardinals had their regular eighth-inning guy, righty Mitchell Boggs, in the game at the time, but Mike Matheny chose to counter with left-hander Marc Rzepczynski. Of course, that just led to another move from Davey Johnson; he put in right-hander Tyler Moore to replace Tracy.

Matheny should have known this was coming; Tracy had nine at-bats against lefties all year. It was a no-brainer that Johnson would go get Moore off the bench. And Moore, getting to face the southpaw, came up big, delivering a two-run single that proved to be the difference in the Nationals? 3-2 win.

It was Matheny?s second of three very questionable decisions in the game. In the sixth, he picked Skip Schumaker over Matt Carpenter to hit for the pitcher with two on and two out against Craig Stammen. Maybe he felt Carpenter could be employed in a bigger situation later, though that chance to break the game open seemed plenty big at the time. Schumaker ended up striking out to end the inning. And Carpenter did get to bat in an important situation in the eighth. He too struck out, thanks to Tyler Clippard getting a strike call on a pitch four or five inches off the plate.

The third decision came before Carpenter hit in the eighth. With just six outs left in a one-run game, Matheny chose to give away one of them to bunt David Freese from first to second. The sac was successful, but the Cards failed to score.

It?d be silly to say Matheny lost this game for the Cardinals; an offense that came up with just three hits all day was the bigger problem. What Matheny didn?t do was put the team in the best position to win.

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/07/mike-matheny-gets-outmanaged-as-cards-lose-game-1/related/

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HBT: Cards will start fast, beat Nats in NLDS

You can?t predict baseball, but you can at least lay out the parameters. So let?s take a look at what the Cardinals and Nationals have in store for us in the National League Division Series.

The Teams

St. Louis Cardinals (88-74) vs. Washington Nationals (98-64)

The Matchups

Game 1?Sunday in St. Louis: Gio Gonzalez vs. Adam Wainwright
Game 2?Monday in St. Louis: Jordan Zimmermann vs. Jaime Garcia
Game 3?Wednesday in Washington, D.C.: Chris Carpenter vs. Edwin Jackson
Game 4 (if?necessary)?Thursday in Washington, D.C.
Game 5?(if necessary) Friday in Washington, D.C.

Analysis:?The Nationals? postseason rotation would obviously look far more fierce with Stephen Strasburg active, but you already knew that. And these previews are supposed to be informative. Gonzalez, a Cy Young Award candidate in the National League, posted a stellar 2.89 ERA and 1.13 WHIP in 32 starts this year for the NL East champions, tallying 207 strikeouts over 199 1/3 innings. But he was almost a full run worse on the road (3.31 ERA) than at home (2.28 ERA) and he has a 4.2 career BB/9. The Cardinals, meanwhile, finished with the highest collective on-base percentage in the major leagues this season.

Beating Gonzalez in Game 1 would put the Cards in a pretty great spot. Game 2 starter Garcia has a 2.48 career ERA at home and matches up well against a Nats lineup that relies heavily on left-handed hitters Bryce Harper and Adam LaRoche. There?s a decent chance that 88-win St. Louis could be up 2-0 on 98-win Washington before the five-game series shifts to the nation?s capital. You have Bud Selig to thank for that one.

The Storylines

  • The Nats beat the Cards in four out of seven games during the regular season and outscored ?em 43-40.
  • Zimmermann had a 2.36 ERA in 16 road starts this season and a 3.54 ERA in 16 starts in Washington. If the Nationals drop Game 1 at Busch Stadium, he could be a stabilizing force the next day.
  • Wainwright showed some signs of fatigue in early September, but his final regular season start was against this same Nationals team and he held them to one earned run over six innings while striking out five. He?s been telling reporters all summer that his surgically-repaired right elbow is 100 percent healthy.
  • E-Jax started?opposite?Wainwright in that aforementioned game, yielding eight earned runs while recording only four outs against the team he won the World Series with in 2011. That game was played at Busch Stadium. Jackson should feel a little more comfortable at home in Nationals Park for Game 3.
  • Carpenter made a surprise return to the Cardinals? rotation in mid-September after being ruled out for the year with thoracic outlet syndrome. He looked fairly sharp in his three starts down the stretch, posting a 3.71 ERA and 12/3 K/BB ratio in 17 innings against the Cubs, Astros and Reds. The veteran righty was an animal in the postseason last October and can be effective even when he doesn?t have his best stuff.
  • It?s an odd thing in a series that features big names like Matt Holliday, Ryan Zimmerman, Carlos Beltran, Jayson Werth and Yadier Molina, but the player most casual fans will tune in to see this week is the 19-year-old Harper. He registered a 1.043 OPS over his final 126 regular-season plate appearances and told CSN Washington?s Mark Zuckerman on Saturday that he has no nerves about playing in his first postseason game. Harper has been overshadowed somewhat this year by the Angels? Mike Trout. With the Halos failing to make the playoffs, Bryce gets the phenom spotlight all to himself.
  • The Nationals will have a distinct advantage if these games are close in the later innings because of their dominant bullpen. Tyler Clippard struggled in September but has the goods to bounce back now that he?s been given a week of rest. Drew Storen has been exceptional his entire young career and Sean Burnett is an elite setup man. The Cards have some nice, battle-tested relievers in Jason Motte, Mitchell Boggs and Lance Lynn, but there?s a clear talent discrepancy. Oh, and St. Louis will carry only one lefty in the ?pen: Mark Rzepczynski. He had a 4.24 ERA in 46 2/3 innings during the regular season.

Prediction

At the MLB level, anything can happen in a five-game series. And there?s certainly no glaring favorite here. But the Cardinals get to open with two consecutive games at home, where they were 50-31 this season. A quick two-game lead would put the younger, less experienced Nationals roster on the ropes.

CARDINALS WIN THE SERIES 3-1

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/07/nlds-preview-cardinals-vs-nationals/related/

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