2018 Omaha Storm Chasers/KC Royals

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Tue Mar 27, 2018 2:24 pm

Yeah I agree. We had tickets but no way you play an exhibition game for MLB players in those conditions.

They are making it up. You can exchange your ticket for any game this season plus you can get tickets to one April game as well.

Glad to hear they are making another run at it next year.

Greg

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Mar 27, 2018 3:53 pm

omaha79 wrote:Too bad the weather was so terrible yesterday forcing the exhibition game to be cancelled. It was the right call though. Some of the anger and complaining on the chasers Facebook page is laughable though.

Anyone who though that the game should have been played in those conditions since it was an exhibition is crazy. Add to that that some of they players are Big $$$$ Investments and you can add bat |expletive| in front of crazy.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Tue Mar 27, 2018 8:01 pm

omaha79 wrote:Too bad the weather was so terrible yesterday forcing the exhibition game to be cancelled. It was the right call though. Some of the anger and complaining on the chasers Facebook page is laughable though.

Primarily a bunch of people who don't understand how rainout policies work, and/or want free stuff. I liked the 500+ word sob story from the one fan who supposedly stood out in the rain all day.

Rehulk · Post by **Rehulk** » Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:24 pm

Too bad we couldn't switch the weather around. Lovey day today XD.

And in on another look, if your interested in an Omaha baseball hat your in luck. They have like 15 different official design thins year.

omaha79 · Post by **omaha79** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 1:09 pm

jessep28 wrote:
omaha79 wrote:Too bad the weather was so terrible yesterday forcing the exhibition game to be cancelled. It was the right call though. Some of the anger and complaining on the chasers Facebook page is laughable though.

Primarily a bunch of people who don't understand how rainout policies work, and/or want free stuff. I liked the 500+ word sob story from the one fan who supposedly stood out in the rain all day.

Honestly, I probably got more entertainment out of the facebook feed after the cancellation than I would have actually going to the game and sitting in that miserable weather.

The 500 word essay from the guy who sat out since 8AM boggled my mind, and I have to admit, compelled me to respond to him. I asked, what did you think you were going to get out of that? Is it vanity? He just said, "everyone has their own level of commitment." but in his post above it said he wouldn't attend another game this year after how this went down. So, that's an odd level of commitment.

Then, there was the lady demanding free drinks and using profanity all over their page because she "rearranged her schedule for this."

Alot of "me first" and entitlement on display there. So many first world problems too.

omaha79 · Post by **omaha79** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 1:13 pm

There was also a woman on channel 3 who was going on about how she and her family drove up from KC for this and to secure tickets to this game, bought Storm Chasers season tickets.

Wow. If you ask me, that's a special kind of dumb. If you are in KC, just go to Royals opening day. And, you have no one to blame but yourself if you invested thousands in this by buying season tickets for a team not even in your home town and knowing it was a game that had a 50/50 chance of being cancelled due to Nebraska weather.

People love to complain though...even when they are the ones making questionable decisions.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 1:20 pm

omaha79 wrote:There was also a woman on channel 3 who was going on about how she and her family drove up from KC for this and to secure tickets to this game, bought Storm Chasers season tickets.

Wow. If you ask me, that's a special kind of dumb. If you are in KC, just go to Royals opening day. And, you have no one to blame but yourself if you invested thousands in this by buying season tickets for a team not even in your home town and knowing it was a game that had a 50/50 chance of being cancelled due to Nebraska weather.

People love to complain though...even when they are the ones making questionable decisions.

I am pretty sure they could have gotten some great seats for opening day in KC for that price.

omaha79 · Post by **omaha79** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 3:55 pm

skinzfan23 wrote:
omaha79 wrote:There was also a woman on channel 3 who was going on about how she and her family drove up from KC for this and to secure tickets to this game, bought Storm Chasers season tickets.

Wow. If you ask me, that's a special kind of dumb. If you are in KC, just go to Royals opening day. And, you have no one to blame but yourself if you invested thousands in this by buying season tickets for a team not even in your home town and knowing it was a game that had a 50/50 chance of being cancelled due to Nebraska weather.

People love to complain though...even when they are the ones making questionable decisions.
I am pretty sure they could have gotten some great seats for opening day in KC for that price.

If you did something like this woman claimed to have done to get tickets, you obviously have a fair amount of disposable income. I have no sympathy.

omaha79 · Post by **omaha79** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 3:58 pm

I've seen alot of people on the Chasers social media demanding straight refunds. I don't think they understand that this is probably more difficult than one would think. Sports tickets get traded like commodities. This was a high demand event. There were tickets sold through Stubhub, Craigslist, and other ticket brokers. Many of these outlets have no way to compel original buyer who then sold the ticket to reimburse the person who ultimately bought the ticket their funds back. So, giving a blanket refund would likely leave many with an ill-gotten windfall and others holding nothing but worthless pieces of paper.

Those people would then have a right to complain, if you think about it. In this instance, the exchange policy is probably the most equitable method to ensure that the end users get something out of this.

GrandpaaSmucker · Post by **GrandpaaSmucker** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 4:50 pm

omaha79 wrote:
If you did something like this woman claimed to have done to get tickets, you obviously have a fair amount of disposable income. I have no sympathy.

You sound pretty mean alright but I will see you and raise you. I got no sympathy what so ever for a bunch of cry sissies playing on their Facebooky

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 12:27 pm

Chasers playing another double header today, in place of game tomorrow with more snow forecast. Ticket prices also reduced for today.

Awful weather for first homestand.

Greg

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Wed Apr 18, 2018 2:21 pm

Sounds like Salvy is going to spend a little rehab time in Omaha.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed Apr 18, 2018 2:37 pm

iamjacobm wrote: Wed Apr 18, 2018 2:21 pm Sounds like Salvy is going to spend a little rehab time in Omaha.

Might have to go some games here soon. Saw Moose hit a Home run at Werner two years ago...

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:24 am

Chasers play a double header tonight. I was not planning on going but might be worth it to see Salvy. My fear and assumption is he plays game one which starts at 5.

Greg

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 4:04 pm

Greg S wrote: Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:24 am Chasers play a double header tonight. I was not planning on going but might be worth it to see Salvy. My fear and assumption is he plays game one which starts at 5.

Greg

Well Gordon is going to be in Omaha tomorrow now.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 11:46 am

Salvy and Gordon starting again for Omaha today. Also Clay Buchholz is Omaha’s starting pitcher as well.

Greg

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed May 16, 2018 10:12 am

Exhibition game rescheduled for 3/25/19

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Wed May 16, 2018 10:48 am

Coyote wrote: Wed May 16, 2018 10:12 am Exhibition game rescheduled for 3/25/19

That's awesome news!

Greg

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Tue May 22, 2018 8:34 am

Former Bluejay a rising star in the Royals system. Should be a Chaser soon:

http://www.omaha.com/sports/chasers/for ... 575c0.html

Greg

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Wed May 23, 2018 8:21 am

One thing for this season with the Chasers that I highly recommend is Tuesday night games. They have 50 cent nachos, french fries, small drinks and peanuts. We went last night. The drinks are the usual small size which is fine. The fries are a great deal, they are the normal size. The nachos seemed to be a normal size as well. Just an incredible deal.

Greg

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed May 23, 2018 8:37 am

Greg S wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 8:21 am One thing for this season with the Chasers that I highly recommend is Tuesday night games. They have 50 cent nachos, french fries, small drinks and peanuts. We went last night. The drinks are the usual small size which is fine. The fries are a great deal, they are the normal size. The nachos seemed to be a normal size as well. Just an incredible deal.

Greg

I have also seen that they have $5 berm seats on Tuesdays as well.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Wed May 23, 2018 8:54 am

skinzfan23 wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 8:37 am
Greg S wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 8:21 am One thing for this season with the Chasers that I highly recommend is Tuesday night games. They have 50 cent nachos, french fries, small drinks and peanuts. We went last night. The drinks are the usual small size which is fine. The fries are a great deal, they are the normal size. The nachos seemed to be a normal size as well. Just an incredible deal.

Greg
I have also seen that they have $5 berm seats on Tuesdays as well.

Yeah you are right forgot about that. Will need to remember that for next time.

Greg

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Fri May 25, 2018 8:27 am

For those interested, the general public can now get tickets for next year's exhibition game against KC. New for next year is they got KC to come for 2 days if needed. If game is rained out Monday, KC will stay and play Tuesday if weather is better.

Greg

GrandpaaSmucker · Post by **GrandpaaSmucker** » Tue May 29, 2018 10:34 am

I went to the noon game on Memorial Day and it looked like they were lucky if there were even a thousand people there. It could of been since it was so hot.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Tue May 29, 2018 2:30 pm

We had talked about going but you are correct the Heat was a factor. We went last Tuesday and the weather was good and they had a nice crowd. As I said earlier hard to beat their Tuesday night specials.

Greg

Uffda · Post by **Uffda** » Tue May 29, 2018 7:14 pm

My job was supposed to have a tailgater tonight but it got rained out

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Tue Jun 19, 2018 1:04 pm

Clayton Kershaw is scheduled to pitch in Omaha Saturday Night against the Chasers on a rehab assignment. We will be in Minneapolis otherwise I'd go.

Greg

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:45 am

Minor League Baseball documentary featuring the Omaha Storm Chasers:

https://50summers.com/

Greg

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:14 am

Anybody know when the full length movie is going to be released?

Greg

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 3:27 pm

CU Alum Nicky Lopez just promoted to Omaha from NW Arkansas.

Greg

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 4:54 pm

Lopez goes 4 for 5 in his home debut with the Chasers including a HR. Fans and media in KC have noticed his rising star.

Greg

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Jul 08, 2018 9:49 pm

Salvy is the lone All-Star (reserve) from the Royals.

There is an A league Royal from DR that is lighting it up, can't remember his name.
Hopefully the Yankees will give us some good prospects for Moose,
And 2 hit Whitt might bring some more talent to Omaha.
Those arms from the draft should be slow played in AA...

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:39 am

The KC Star take on the first MLB game to be played in Omaha (next year in 2019 before the CWS)-

“A home game away from Kansas City will be a first for the Royals. A Major League Baseball game in Omaha also will be a first. The idea came up about a year ago, and the Royals wanted in.

“When we first got wind that this would be a possibility we wanted to be a part of this,” Royals general manager Dayton Moore said. “This is our fan base. This is a community we love, a community that has been very kind to us, that’s helped raise our players.”

Omaha has been the Royals’ Class AAA affiliate since the club’s expansion season in 1969. The Storm Chasers play in Papillion, Neb., an Omaha suburb. TD Ameritrade Park, with a seating capacity of 24,000, is used only for the College World Series and Creighton University.”..

The complete story link-

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/k ... 12634.html

jag42 · Post by **jag42** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:09 pm

Interesting to read the game in Omaha will be finale of a three game series.

The article also states Boston and NYY will play a 2 game series in London next June.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 10:31 am

Coyote wrote: Sun Jul 08, 2018 9:49 pm Salvy is the lone All-Star (reserve) from the Royals.

There is an A league Royal from DR that is lighting it up, can't remember his name.
Hopefully the Yankees will give us some good prospects for Moose,
And 2 hit Whitt might bring some more talent to Omaha.
Those arms from the draft should be slow played in AA...

Seuly Mattias?

Greg

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 7:25 pm

Yes, Matias, RF for Lexington Legends, has 26 HRs this season.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Thu Jul 12, 2018 8:46 am

Coyote wrote: Tue Jul 10, 2018 7:25 pm Yes, Matias, RF for Lexington Legends, has 26 HRs this season.

I am most excited by Matias and Khalil Lee. It does seem like KC best and brightest are in A. Hopefully they come up with the pitchers we just drafted. I do need to get out to Werner Park on the next homestand, to see Creighon's own Nicky Lopez. He looks to have a bright future as well.

Greg

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 3:02 pm

Interesting trivia during today's Royal's game:
Since 2000 five MLB players have made 5 consecutive All-Star appearances.

Ichiro Suzuki (2001-2010)
Derek Jeter (2006-2012)
Josh Hamilton (2008-2012)
Robinson Cano (2010-2014)
Salvador Perez (2013-2018)

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Jul 22, 2018 6:54 pm

KC Play of the Year.

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Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:53 am

Coyote wrote: Sun Jul 22, 2018 6:54 pm KC Play of the Year.

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Most definitely. Butera might be the most popular backup catcher in baseball. They love him in KC. Also I crack up every time watching Gordon knock off Drew's batting helmet.

Greg