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Tag Archive: Lenny DiNardo
Jul 30
DiNardo wins, Kila close to O-Royals record for walks
This is Take Two of this entry – our lovely (read: Piece of *&!%* garbage) blogging software decided to completely erase everything I had written, and the photos I had inserted. At the Major League level, the Royals are awful at getting on base. They rank 3rd-to-last in all of the Majors in OBP, and …
Jul 16
The one where I get smoked in the face by a pitch
(Alternate title: Oh hey, Erin Andrews and I have something in common!) After yet another long road trip – plus the All-Star Break – the Omaha Royals returned to Rosenblatt. It was Thirsty Thursday (where beers are $1 and there are plenty of them), and Kyle Davies was scheduled to pitch, so Omaha fans had …
Jul 02
ORoyals open July with a loooong loss
Sidney Ponson made the start for Omaha. I had kind of hoped John Buck would be the starting catcher, so we’d have an “all-rehab” battery, but he Buck was not in tonight’s lineup. In Ponson’s last appearance last Friday, he got through five innings at Memphis, giving up 2 runs on 7 hits. Tonight, Ponson …
Jun 29
A double Royals victory night: KC and Omaha both win again
Blog favorite* Lenny DiNardo took the mound for Omaha tonight, and delivered exactly the kind of outing for which I was hoping: 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7K. Omaha won, 2-0.*one of several That one walk didn’t come until the 7th inning, when DiNardo walked Luis Maza with two men on and …
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 …