DENVER -- The St. http://www.officialraidersgear.com/Raide...s-Draft-Jersey/ . Louis Cardinals will send rookie Luke Weaver to the mound as they try to sweep their three-game series Wednesday against the Colorado Rockies.Weaver, 23, is 1/3 with a 3.21 ERA in seven starts, the last on Friday at San Francisco, where he gave up five hits and six unearned runs in 2 2/3 innings and lost 8-2.Weaver, who made his major league debut Aug. 13, will be pitching for the first time at Coors Field. Cardinals manager Mike Matheny emphatically said he would not talk to Weaver about the mile-high altitude, the spacious outfield or anything that might be lurking at hitter-friendly Coors Field.Im not going to fill his mind, and Im going to discourage anybody else from doing the same thing, Matheny said. Just go do your thing, and well make adjustments as we need to and well try to keep an eye (out for) when something doesnt look right. But to kind of pre-set in his mind that hes going to have to do something different, I think, is a bad strategy.The Cardinals have won four straight games and are tied with the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants in the race for the two National League wild-card spots. The Cardinals spurt has made the scoreboard watching more riveting and, at Coors Field, more unavoidable.From where my angle is (in the dugout) and where the pitchers head is, right behind it is the scoreboard, Matheny said, referring to the out-of-town scoreboard in right field. I mean directly behind it, so you cant help but watch and to see whats going on with the other teams.That said, after Tuesday nights 10-5 win over the Rockies, Matheny repeated the Cardinals mantra when it comes to scoreboard watching.Its not something we run from. Its just not something we put too much focus on, Matheny said. Control what we can control. Same boring stuff, but it keeps it very simple what our job description is.Like the Cardinals, the Rockies are also starting a rookie in German Marquez, 21. He made his major league debut Sept. 8 and will be making his first major league start after three relief appearances. Hes 0-3 with a 5.06 ERA in those three games, the last two scoreless for a combined three innings.Im very excited Im going to be a starter. Thats unbelievable, Marquez said. I want to help my team, too. Thats why Im here. Im going to do it.The Rockies acquired Marquez from Tampa Bay along with reliever Jake McGee in the Jan. 28 trade that sent outfielder Corey Dickerson and minor league third baseman Kevin Padlo to the Rays. Marquez said he was surprised to be traded, since the Rays had placed him on their 40-man roster for the first time two months before the deal.Marquez was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Year after going 9-6 with a 2.85 ERA, 33 walks and 126 strikeouts in 135 2/3 innings for Double-A Hartford. He then went 2-0 with a 4.35 ERA in five starts for Triple-A Albuquerque before being recalled by the Rockies.Marquezs repertoire includes a fastball, curveball and changeup. The first two pitches are above average and the third will be. Marquezs changeup was a point of emphasis this season, specifically to not slow his arm speed and keep it the same as his fastball while throwing his changeup.The thing that jumps out at you is its easy velocity -- upper 90s, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. Theres not a lot of effort. Hes got great finish (on the fastball). Hes got a good breaking ball. The changeup is a work in progress right now, but its coming. But for a 21-year-old kid -- very, very impressive.In addition to his stuff, Marquez has impressed the Rockies with his mound presence.We saw that right away in spring training, unaffected by the major league atmosphere, Weiss said. Always looked like he belonged. It says something for a kid his age, (coming to) a new organization, too. Thats not easy.The few outings hes had here the last few weeks, same thing. Very composed. Very poised. http://www.officialraidersgear.com/Raide...a-Draft-Jersey/ . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No. http://www.officialraidersgear.com/Raide...k-Draft-Jersey/ . -- San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks was fined $15,570 by the NFL on Wednesday for his hit on Saints quarterback Drew Brees last Sunday. http://www.officialraidersgear.com/Raide...n-Draft-Jersey/ . -- Eastern Kentucky thrives off creating havoc for others.When youre as wealthy as Roman Abramovich its not uncommon to splash the cash and treat yourself when say 40th birthdays and significant anniversaries appear on the horizon. In June 2003 Abramovich secured a majority stake in Chelsea. We now know what he got himself to celebrate 10-years at Stamford Bridge: A return engagement from manager Jose Mourinho. A “Special 1 Mark 2,” if you will. Estimated show room price on the four-year lease? A rather cool 40 million pounds ($63 million Canadian). Chelsea released a statement just before noon on Monday confirming Mourinho was returning to the Stamford Bridge fold. The Blues did not simply issue a statement inviting the media to attend a press conference. Instead, their 11-word-long statement doubled up as an invitation to apply for accreditation to attend June 10ths unveiling. An unveiling which will be staged in one of the more luxurious corporate suites that litter Stamford Bridge - where theres likely not going to be a dry eye in the house - for what is sure to be the most entertaining press conference of the off season. If the events around Stamford Bridge on Monday afternoon were anything to go by - where even CNN pitched up with a cameraman and a reporter following the news Mourinho was officially back in town – the unveiling will most certainly draw a record standing-room-only crowd. Say what you like about Mourinho or his methods but theres no player in world football who charms and strokes the ego in equal measures as the 50-year-old who has taken the old adage ‘all publicity, is good publicity to levels not previously imaginable. Let there be no doubt the media who cover the Barclays Premier League up and down the country have not ever properly recovered from Mourinhos shock Chelsea departure just a month into the 2007-08 season. Things had not got off to the best of starts in a season that ultimately culminated in Chelseas first appearance in a Champions League Final. However, Mourinhos firing was not down to a lack of success or silverware. The previous season Chelsea had finished in the runners up position after securing back-to-back BPL titles in Mourinhos first two seasons. The seeds were sown the previous summer when in July 2006 Chelsea announced the signing of Andriy Shevchenko from AC Milan when it was younger, hungrier players Mourinho was looking to bring in. The Special One was looking to build on retaining the title in a season that included a Champions League Round-of-16 exit at the hands of a majestic Barcelona. Then the ominous shadow of Avram Grant pitched up as Chelseas Director of Football exactly a year later in July 2007. Grant knew Abramovich from his days as manager of the nation hosting this springs UEFA Under-21 Finals; Israel. Those who know Grant and those that know Mourinho knew the appointment meant one thing: Stamford Bridge wasnt big enough for both of them. Abramovich had no designs like last fall when Roberto Di Matteo was let go and an outsider was appointed as interim head coach. He already had his guy. http://www.officialraidersgear.com/Raide...r-Draft-Jersey/. One who had spent the previous two months soaking up Mourinho and his training methods, building key player relationships as he went. Grant eventually took that side of Mourinhos to Moscow, the site of the 2008 Champions League Final. Beaten by Manchester United who had pipped Chelsea to the BPL title on the final day of the season shortly after the Moscow meltdown, Grant became the first of seven managers who have come and gone in the five-plus seasons Mourinho has been away. In late February of 2012 Mourinho used the smokescreen of an England friendly to tip off the media he would be arriving into London on the eve of what was a crucial Euro 2012 warm up match against Holland at Wembley. Mourinho wasnt letting the media know he was attending Wembley. He had far better things to be doing whilst in London like going house hunting a mere stones throw away from Stamford Bridge. The England theme revisited itself this past Saturday. The England players were likely going through their final paces at the Maracana, the venue of next summers World Cup final, on Saturday ahead of their friendly against Brazil when Mourinho let a Spanish TV show know he was travelling to London on Monday and that by the end of the week he would be appointed Chelseas manager. Those critical of Mourinhos appointment point to his so-called ‘spotty record in his three seasons with Real Madrid at the Santiago Barnebeau and they back their theory up with ‘its never the same the second time round. Yes, in the history of the BPL and its predecessor the English First Division there is a laundry list of managers who have had matters end in tears when they return to the scene of their greatest managerial accomplishments. Prime examples are Kevin Keegan at Newcastle, Kenny Dalglish at Liverpool and Howard Kendall at Everton. What they had in common was that the game had moved on from them and their styles of management. Mourinho devours styles and systems for breakfast and for good measure senior club executives for dessert. It was Mourinho that likely had the greatest influence in the U-Turn performed so embarrassingly by the Chelsea hierarchy towards the end of last season. They finally saw sense in re-signing a player who sits atop the clubs all-time BPL scoring chart, Frank Lampard, who received his final Chelsea contract after receiving the backing and praise of the incoming gaffer. Whether or not Mourinhos agent Jorge Mendes managed to get Abramovich to vastly overpay in the same manner Sir Alex Ferguson did when he had nothing but fluttering eyelids for Bébé‎ only time will tell. We wont though have long to find out. Chelseas pre-season training camp is set to get under way in just over three weeks. The first match under “Special 1 Mark 2” is less than six weeks, when Chelsea kick off their three-match Malaysian tour on July 17. Before that is Mondays unveiling. Bring some tissues. 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