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Category Archive: Quickies
Mar 03
In pictures: Today’s Royals contracts
Today the Royals announced the signing of 8 pre-arb players to one-year deals. Some have passed in front of my camera, and they are pictured below. Yordano Ventura: $535,675 Francisco Pena: $508,700 Christian Colon: $509,525 Terrance Gore: $508,000 Paulo Orlando: $507,500 Also signed, but not pictured: Rule 5 pick Jandel Gustave: $507,500 Orlando Calixte: $507,500 …
Jul 06
Housekeeping – I’m at Royals Review now!
Right around the time Mike Moustakas was demoted to Omaha – remember that? It was such a brief blip – I got added to the staff at Royals Review. My job there is to run down the Minors every week, looking for notable performances, or underperformances. Those recaps run at 9:00 every Monday morning. As …
Jul 26
I wish I was just a little bit better at my job…
….because if I had gotten all of Anthony Seratelli in the frame, this would have been a pretty decent picture. Sigh.
Jul 24
Your Anthony Seratelli Photo of the Day
If you follow me on Twitter, you might see me tweet a “Seratelli photo of the day” often. The team has been away, so it’s been a while, but today’s was an obvious choice – Seratelli drove in the winning run for Omaha in the 11th inning this afternoon. Here’s Johnny Giavotella greeting him on …
Jul 12
Manny Being…
I can’t explain exactly why, but the idiot-simplicity of this sign made me chuckle. __________________________________________________________________________________ Please consider supporting my writing and photography by doing your Amazon shopping through my affiliate link. (Explanation here.)
Jun 22
Picture of the night [UPDATE: Now with another picture!]
See more pictures from the 7-6 Omaha win HERE.
Jun 04
Your first-ish look at Yordano Ventura in Omaha
I won’t be here for his AAA debut on Thursday, but I did see Yordano Ventura in the Storm Chasers dugout this evening. Shortly after this, the rest of the Chasers players started trickling into the Omaha dugout, and wishing Ventura a happy birthday. It was very sweet. Here’s hoping Ventura’s start on Thursday is …
Jun 02
Tonight, I saw a man get shot out of a cannon
This was the first time in a very long time that I’ve been genuinely excited to see an on-field promotion. Prettaay cool. Many more pictures – including a surprise reunion of a military family! – coming up later tonight.