Category Archive: Omaha Chasers
May 06
Mike Montgomery gave up 3 homers tonight: Problem?
Mike Montgomery could have been pulled after his 103rd pitch, which was ball 4 to Angel Sanchez in the 7th inning. That was Montgomery’s 3rd walk of the night and his 2nd of the inning. No one would have faulted Mike Jirschele for pulling him, but he elected to leave Monty in the deep water …
Apr 22
Pics and notes from another extra-inning win
Omaha wins yet another game (yay!), and yet again they took extra innings to do so (boo.). Enjoy some celebration photos, hot off the presses. Some notes before I head home: – With Greg Holland going on the disabled list, Jeremy Jeffress was called up. That’s super for him, and I suppose it’s a logical …
Apr 21
Some notable Storm Chasers performances: Offense
The Chasers are coming back to town tonight after a road trip to Albuquerque and Round Rock. Through 16 games, the team is 11-5 and in first place. Given the struggles of the pitching staff, and the enormous burden the bullpen has had to bear, a productive offense has been instrumental in keeping the wins …
Apr 17
Omaha bullpen has pitched more innings than the rotation. PROBLEM.
I was going to write up something about how heavily taxed the Omaha bullpen is, but I didn’t want to accidentally make a Tax Day pun. And yet, here we are. Dumb topical puns aside, the Omaha bullpen has had to work awfully hard in the team’s first 12 games. Let’s do this: GAME ONE …
Apr 12
Walkoff win #2 – this time with no extra innings
After yesterday’s marathon win, the Storm Chasers needed a solid – and lengthy – start out of Vin Mazzaro. After one inning, this looked like a good possibility, as Mazzaro struck out two and induced a groundout. In the bottom of the first, Omaha shook Rangers prospect Martin Perez for three hits,a walk, and two …
Apr 10
Sixteen innings is a lot of based ball.
The Omaha Storm Chasers exhausted their bullpen and emptied their bench to pull it off, but finally beat Round Rock 9-8. I’ll have more later, but here’s some walkoff happy times:
Apr 10
Video of the day: Kevin Kouzmanoff
This site is probably going to just turn into a Kouzmanoff fan site. Might as well. The Storm Chasers are 3-1. Team president/GM Martie Cordaro said he’s optimistic about this club, noting that as of Sunday (early in the game), the team had only had one bad half-inning. It’s early, but Martie could be on …
Apr 06
Storm Chasers Opening Day (8-4 win over ABQ)
Happy Opening Day from Werner Park! Some notes: -Will Smith, making his first Triple-A start since joining the Royals organization, was shaky. He threw a ton of pitches, needing 26 pitches just to get out of the first inning – even though the first out came on the first pitch. Despite walking six batters, he …
Nov 16
Happy Birthday Storm Chasers!
A year ago tonight, the new name of the former Omaha Royals was unveiled in a huge ceremony/party. Here’s some of my Storm Chasers coverage from the first year of the newly-branded team and their gorgeous new ballpark. November 16: I had a great time at the ceremony, and didn’t hate the new name. (Hey, …