On Thursday, Disco Hayes gave up an earned run* for the first time in over a month, so his ERA is a hideous 0.76. Come on man, that’s weak. Oh, wait. It’s actually better by leaps and bounds than…well, I don’t need to beat this dead horse again. Friday night, he blogged about donuts. It’s …
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Jun 04
Greinke was wrong, and why the ‘W’ is a dumb stat
After the last 6-game losing streak, Zack Greinke told reporters that this team is way too good to lose more than six in a row. Color me shocked here, but he was wrong. The Royals lost their 7th straight, and Greinke is the last hope to keep the streak from reaching eight games tomorrow, then …
Jun 04
A few links
This one isn’t baseball, but it’s silly – A literal video of Total Eclipse of the Heart. Awesome. Rob White continues his streak of really, really excellent player profiles as he answers the question, “What is Brian Buchanan still doing in Omaha?” I had heard before that the team offered him a coaching job. Buch …
May 29
The O-Royals tonight, and a personal note about robbery :(
I would like to make this post more substantial, because I think the way Luke Hochevar pitches during his temporary odd-man-out exile to Omaha will say a lot about his composure on the mound. And as we’ve heard and read many times, that’s a bigger potential problem than the pitches he actually throws. Don’t be …
May 27
Lenny DiNardo and his guitar
Here’s an interesting profile of Omaha starter Lenny DiNardo from yesterday’s Omaha World Herald. The story talks about how the callouses DiNardo developed from playing guitar solved a problem he used to have with finger blisters. I was already a Lenny DiNardo fan, but his experiences with the Dropkick Murphys (one of my all-time favorite …
May 25
Worthy of linkage: Royal Reflections spotlights Kila Ka’aihue
Not much to add here – Lee attended tonight’s ORoyals game, and focused on the always-patient Kila Ka’aihue. The post also includes a video of Kila’s homer tonight.
May 24
Series in review: Omaha Royals vs. Sacramento River Cats
The Omaha Royals are struggling. Possibly even drowning. There really is no nice way to put it, no sugary coating that would make the last few weeks sting less. Today’s loss was the team’s 6th straight, and they’ve won just three of their last 15 games. As much as I enjoyed having Sacramento come and …
May 22
Another new place to find Minda, and Omaha’s bullpen…woes.
I’ve been added as a contributor to Inside the Majors, a very bookmarkable blog by former Blue Jays AGM Bart Given. My introduction is here, and my first article is here. I will be updating that at least once a week, I think. I wrote about the O-Royals bullpen struggles – they’ve given up more …
May 17
Sunday texting whimsy and a bit of news
Given that I am a somewhat normal* college girl, I send and receive many, many text messages every day. Many of them, as you could probably guess, are about the Royals or baseball in general. And sometimes, my phone’s auto-complete feature comes up with some pretty hysterical stuff instead of the things I actually want …
May 15
Happy Greinkeday, and Happy b-day to King George!
Today, as you may have read, is George Brett’s birthday. It is also Greinkeday, and hopefully the beginning of some winning for our suddenly-struggling Royals. Twitter-er jgsteeler asked earlier today, “Is it even possible for the Royals to lose on Mr. Brett’s Birthday!?” Naturally, because the seconds are dragging by until Grienke’s first pitch tonight, …