Lenny DiNardo News

Here's a bad omen for your season. Alex Gordon first felt pain in his right hip on Opening Day.

Hey, the Royals won a couple games, versus a divisional opponent, to boot. This could be a very interesting month in terms of roster moves, etc.

Another season, another season with only one Royal in the All-Star Game. Sigh....not that anyone other than Zack deserved it.

It's always a good day in the minors when your so-called top pitching prospect gets arrested for public urination and disorderly conduct.

The Colorado Springs Sky Sox players have been named to the Pacific Coast League 2009 All-Star team.

Hochevar is looking good, finally. Let's hope he keeps it up. AAA - Omaha: O-Royals 10, Albuquerque 5 LF Thorman 3-5, 2B , HR , 2 RBI , K, 2 RS -- .293 2B Falu 3-5, RBI , RS -- .266 CF Raines 2-4, 2B , HR, 3 RBI , 2 RS -- .167, finally starting to heat up? 3B Metcalf 1-4, 2B , 2 RBI , RS -- .231 C Buck 1-4, HR, RBI , 2 K, RS -- .182 SS Lisson 1-3, ...

Story line: Lenny DiNardo worked the first seven innings and Carlos Rosa pitched the final two as Omaha won 2-0. The Royals' pitching staff produced its 10th shutout of the season - the most for any O-Royals team since 1996.

Memphis 7, O-Royals 6 C House 4-5, 2 2B , HR , 3 RBI , 2 RS -- .283, slump over? 1B Ka'aihue 2-3, BB, 2B , K, RS -- .273 SS Lisson 1-4, HR , RBI , RS, E -- .204, solo homer has been main weapon at AAA LF Thorman 1-5, 2B , RBI , K -- .295 DH Aldridge 1-3, 2B , RBI -- .289 * RF Tommy Murphy was picked off but also had an OF assist at home.

Herea TMs a brief rundown on some of the players with area connections playing in the professional ranks.

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The draft update post I mentioned yesterday is gonna have to wait a little bit. I haven't been horribly overenthused about the Royals' moves on day 2, rds 4-30. 16/27 picks were pitchers, and they didn't get a shortstop until rd 15.

After deciding that getting out of bed at 9:00 this morning wasn't going to work for me I took an extended nap.

Round Rock 4, O-Royals 1 LF Thorman 2-3, BB -- .235 DH Buchanan 2-4, 2B , K -- .263 SS Lisson 1-4, HR , RBI , K, RS -- .189 2B Hulett 1-4, 2B , 2 K, picked off -- .295 C House 0-4 -- .297 1B Ka'aihue 0-2, 2 BB -- .278 3B Metcalf 1-4, K -- .238 DiNardo 7 2/3 IP, ER, 5 H, 9 K -- 3.02 ERA, another great start wasted Atencio 1 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, ...

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.

Sacramento 5, O-Royals 2 LF Thorman 3-5, 2B , HR , 2 RBI , K, RS -- .200, nice game for new guy C House 2-5 -- .304 DH B. Pena 1-5 -- .324 1B Ka'aihue 0-5, 2 K -- .274 3B Metcalf 1-5 -- .265 RF Aldridge 0-4, BB, 2 K -- .276, hit streak snapped CF Duarte 0-4, BB, RS -- .132 DiNardo 7 IP, 2 H, BB, 7 K, E -- 3.52 ERA, another great start wasted Yabuta ...

The Colorado Springs Sky Sox were downed by the Omaha Royals 11-5 Sunday in front of 7,444 fans, the biggest crowd Security Service Field has seen this season.

Well, that parade of pitching slop wasn't quite what Royals fans were expecting out of Luke Hochevar in his first KC start of '09. This is the first loss of the year where you felt the echoes of the Royals teams of the last few years, and I didn't like it.

OMAHA, Neb. - The Nashville Sounds came up on the short end of a 6-5 loss to the division-rival Omaha Royals on Friday evening at Rosenblatt Stadium in the opener of a five-game series.

Sunday 03 May Nashville Sounds Win Opener 4-0, But Omaha Royals Take Nightcap 8-0 - PCL Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 08:35AM NASHVILLE, Tenn.

With this post I pass Hank Aaron. Yes, 756th post here. Of course, I don't really pass Aaron because not all the posts have been home runs, but 756 is 756.