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Royals MiLB Affiliates Start the Season

Minor League Baseball commenced its 2010 season, with the Royals teams seeing some heroics from the usual suspects (not pictured).  Game recaps after the jump.
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AAA Omaha Royals 6, Memphis Redbirds 4

1B Kila Ka'aihue and OF Jordan Parraz both homered for the R's, as Victor Marte pitched two scoreless innings in relief of starter Gaby Hernandez to pick up the win.  Hernandez went five innings, giving up three runs on two homers, while notching six strikeouts.


AA  NW Arkansas Naturals 5, San Antonio Missions 1

SP Aaron Crow and RP Everett Teaford dominated San Antonio hitters, as they allowed only four hits combined and just one run on an error.   C Manny Pina provided the offense on the Naturals side, with two hits, a walk and a homerun.  Be sure to catch Dubya's first hand account of last night's game.

High A Wilmington BlueRocks 1, Myrtle Beach Pelicans 4

SP Mike Montgomery continued to show why he's one of the top pitching prospects in the Royals' system, striking out six while yielding only three baserunners and one unearned run over five innings.  1B Eric Hosmer and 3B Alex Gordon each collected a hit and a walk.   Not particularly impressive, but looked like a herculean effort in comparison to the rest of the team, who went a combined 2-24 with 0 walks and 0 extra base hits.

Low A Burlington Bees 0, Quad City River Bandits 4

When he's not busy conducting electromagnetism experiments, LF Carlo Testa hits baseballs hard.  Such was the case last night, when he logged a double, a triple, and a walk.  Hilton Richardson also managed to get on base via a pair of singles and a walk, but the only other Bee to make it to first was some Oriental guy.    Actually, the preferred nomenclature would have been Asian, if he weren't actually from the  Dominican Republic.    Burlington pitchers didn't actually fair that poorly, striking out 10 in 9 innings pitched, but excessive walks (4 in 4 ip) ultimately doomed SP John Lamb.

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They shifted you to Afghanistan afterwards?

"It’s not about the guacamole itself," Greinke said. "I just don’t want to let them win."

by Joseph Landis on Apr 9, 2010 3:32 AM EDT up reply actions  

And now

North Korea.

The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them. -- Albert Einstein

by The Ol' Perfesser on Apr 10, 2010 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

Kila

should be a different kind of Royal

[img]http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0eTH2sm73rf3u/610x.jpg[/img]

by Peterman700 on Apr 9, 2010 7:23 AM EDT reply actions  

the king of the Hawaiian Islands?

We always did feel the same, We just saw it from a different point of view, Tangled up in blue.
-Bob Dylan

by Royal Kingdom on Apr 9, 2010 8:49 AM EDT up reply actions  

the Naturals mascot is a caveman?

Are the NWA residents aware of this commentary on them?

Ralph Wiggum would be a better GM than Dayton Moore

by BHWick on Apr 9, 2010 7:27 AM EDT reply actions  

They've been called worse

"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae

"I was doing this when BJ was in his father's nutsack." -Renzo Gracie

by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 9, 2010 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions  

I've Done It

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Apr 9, 2010 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

Its not a caveman

Its Robin Williams.

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Apr 9, 2010 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

Makes me think of the red phone the president always has in movies

In Dayton’s case it works the same way: only use in case of emergency.

by MinnesotaRoyal on Apr 9, 2010 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions  

Dayton's emergency phone only connects him to

the Braves FO

Ralph Wiggum would be a better GM than Dayton Moore

by BHWick on Apr 9, 2010 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

...and as part of the realignment proposals

the rest of the league made it impossible for Dayton to receive calls from the 718 area code

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at FanGraphs.

Can't get enough of me? Check out my Twitter feed.

by Matt Klaassen on Apr 9, 2010 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at FanGraphs.

Can't get enough of me? Check out my Twitter feed.

by Matt Klaassen on Apr 9, 2010 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

This is appropriate!

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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Apr 9, 2010 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

I heard that kids were afraid of Purdue Pete

But that Big Foot character would be pretty frightening to kids. I’m pretty sure that girl is actually running from him.

by MinnesotaRoyal on Apr 9, 2010 9:33 AM EDT reply actions  

I posted a link to video from last nights Omaha Royals game

14for77.blogspot.com

I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.

by kcscoliny on Apr 9, 2010 10:26 AM EDT reply actions  

The Parraz video is private

Are we sure it’s the “home run” he hit in the GAME last night?

Also, I can’t believe I forced myself to watch Kila’s slider bat-speed. His homer wasn’t really legit if you ask me. Only fastball bat-speed videos for me from now on.

"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae

"I was doing this when BJ was in his father's nutsack." -Renzo Gracie

by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 9, 2010 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions  

Kudos for the electromagnetism joke

Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!

by loyal2sdad on Apr 9, 2010 10:40 AM EDT reply actions  

is his name Testa or Tesla?

I heard a story that Tesla almost brought down a couple of blocks of buildings in New York City during one of his experiments – fun!

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Apr 9, 2010 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions  

was it his earthquake machine

working on finding the natural mnemonics of different solids? then slowly amplifying it until BOOM!!!!

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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Apr 9, 2010 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

True

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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Apr 9, 2010 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

I don't know

But he spent much of the game rubbing his hands, twirling his mustache and laughing “Bwa-ha-ha-ha!”

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Apr 9, 2010 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

It was Tesla

but Testa is close enough for the joke to click, IMHO

Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!

by loyal2sdad on Apr 9, 2010 11:39 AM EDT reply actions  

Unearned runs.

Both AA and High A gave up unearned runs. Looks like this is part of our organizational philosophy, now, not just that of the parent club.

by RraTim on Apr 10, 2010 1:27 AM EDT reply actions  

So are we just gonna chill....

….about mentioning hosmer’s start? Is anyone else putting FAR too much stock in his performance this year. Seems like his development is pretty critical for Mr Moore.

by billexgordler on Apr 10, 2010 10:08 AM EDT via mobile reply actions  

He had a great game last night

I’m hoping he’s on the upswing, but it’ll take more than two games to convince me of anything.

by MinnesotaRoyal on Apr 10, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions  

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