Omaha Storm Chasers

After dropping the completion of a suspended game on Sunday, the Omaha Storm Chasers defeated the St. Paul Saints, 6-1, in a seven-inning game to earn a series win on May 9, 2021, at Werner Park.

Week 1 of the 2021 Minor League season is in the books!  Catch up on all the news, notes, and highlights from around the Kansas City Royals organization with play-by-play broadcasters Jake Eisenberg (Omaha Storm Chasers), Nicholas Badders (Northwest Arkansas Naturals), Kyle Kercheval (Quad Cities River Bandits), and John Kocsis, Jr. (Columbia Fireflies). 

Audio highlights from the Omaha Storm Chasers 4-2 win over the St. Paul Saints on May 7, 2021, at Werner Park.

Audio highlights from the Omaha Storm Chasers come-from-behind, walk-off, 4-3 win over the St. Paul Saints in 11 innings on May 6, 2021, at Werner Park.

Audio highlights from the Omaha Storm Chasers 8-2 win over the St. Paul Saints on May 5, 2021, at Werner Park.

Audio highlights from the Omaha Storm Chasers 8-2 win over the St. Paul Saints on May 4, 2021, at Werner Park.

Opening Day is finally here! Play-by-play broadcasters Jake Eisenberg (Omaha Storm Chasers), Nicholas Badders (Northwest Arkansas Naturals), Kyle Kercheval (Quad Cities River Bandits), and John Kocsis, Jr. (Columbia Fireflies) bring you news, notes, updates, and more from the Kansas City Royals minor league affiliates. 

Opening Day is FINALLY here! On a special preseason edition of The StormCast, Jake Eisenberg and Tony Boone chat with Storm Chasers manager Brian Poldberg to talk about the Opening Day roster, his excitement for the season, the team's experiences the last month at the Alternate Training Site, and more! Inside our chat with Brian Poldberg:  the last month at the Alternate Training Site (12:53)...

The Omaha Storm Chasers will square off with the St. Paul Saints, the new Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, 30 times in 2021, including Opening Day at Werner Park on May 4th. On this episode of The StormCast, Jake Eisenberg and Tony Boone catch up with Saints radio broadcaster Sean Aronson to learn about the Saints organization, team history, what to watch for in 2021, and more! Inside ou...

Promotions, giveaways, and so much more! Storm Chasers Promotions and Game Operations Manager Rachel Rea joins Jake and Tony on The StormCast to break down the 2021 Promotional Schedule . She shares the behind-the-scenes of putting a promotional schedule together with a fluctuant schedule, the challenges and impact of COVID-19 on in-game entertainment, her favorite giveaways, and more! Before the...

MLB Opening Day is just over a week away! Kansas City Royals beat writer Anne Rogers of MLB.com joins The StormCast to talk about Bobby Witt Jr.'s sensational spring, Salvador Perez's record-breaking contract, and what the Royals Opening Day roster could look like. Plus, insight into the Alternate Site and how that could impact what the Storm Chasers roster looks like come May 4th.  Insi...

Royals catcher Nick Dini joins Jake Eisenberg and Tony Boone on The StormCast from Spring Training in Arizona! He shares what it's like to be getting ready for the season, his experience at the Alternate Training Site in 2020, his favorite places he's visited thanks to baseball, making his MLB debut and hitting his first career home run in 2019, working with the Royals' pitching pro...

We have a league! We have a schedule! We have a coaching staff! The Storm Chasers first game back at Werner Park is less than 50 days away! On a jam-packed episode of The StormCast, Jake Eisenberg and Tony Boone break down the 2021 schedule, discuss Omaha's new opponents in the Triple-A East, and introduce the members of the Chasers' coaching staff. Plus, a conversation with Storm Chaser...

On this episode of The StormCast, Jake Eisenberg and Tony Boone chat with former Omaha Royals radio voice Frank Adkisson! He shares stories and memories from his tenure as the franchise's broadcaster from 1988-1997, including tales of the 1990 Triple-A title run, when the O-Royals bullpen ordered a mid-game pizza, Deion Sanders' inside-the-park home run at Rosenblatt Stadium, the team bu...

On this episode of The StormCast, Jake Eisenberg and Tony Boone welcome Baseball America Senior Editor Josh Norris ! Josh talks about the recently released Baseball America Top 100 Prospects List , the four Royals prospects on the list (Bobby Witt Jr. - 16, Daniel Lynch -25, Asa Lacy - 37, and Jackson Kowar - 95), other names to keep an eye on in the Royals system, and more!  Prior to their conver...

Welcome to the first episode of The StormCast in 2021! To kick off the new year, Jake Eisenberg and Tony Boone welcome Jake Kalish, who's been a stalwart member of the Omaha Storm Chasers pitching staff since he made his Triple-A debut in 2017.  Inside the conversation with Jake Kalish (5:41-42:44): what he's been up to since the 2020 "season" ended (5:52) how the lack of reps...

On the final episode of The StormCast in 2020, Jake Eisenberg and Tony Boone welcome Clint Scoles, who's been writing about the Kansas City Royals organization and prospects at Royals Academy for the last 10 years. His coverage includes prospect guides, rankings, draft reviews, interviews with players and front office members, and more. Before their conversation with Clint, Jake and Tony take...

Jake Eisenberg and Tony Boone welcome Storm Chasers Vice President/General Manager Laurie Schlender (4:18) to The StormCast! She shares the background of her career with the Omaha franchise, including becoming the highest-ranking female in the organization's history in 2011, getting recognized with the Rawlings Woman Executive of the Year Award in 2017, and earning a promotion to General Mana...

On this episode of The StormCast, Jake Eisenberg and Tony Boone catch up with MiLB.com senior writer Ben Hill! He shares his experiences traveling around the country visiting every minor league ballpark, his memories of trips to Omaha in 2010 and 2015, meeting fans thanks to his “Designated Eater” program, his thoughts on wacky team names and zany promotions, and more! Plus, a trivia question abou...

Jake Eisenberg and Tony Boone welcome Storm Chasers manager Brian Poldberg (4:00) to the podcast! While there wasn't a 2020 Minor League season for Brian Poldberg to manage, he still found himself working with Kansas City Royals minor leaguers and high-profile prospects at the Royals' Alternate Training Site in Kansas City, Kansas.  Our conversation includes: what Poldberg did during une...

Jake Eisenberg and Tony Boone welcome former Omaha Storm Chasers and current Kansas City Royals outfielder Nick Heath (2:53) to the podcast!  In addition to the inside scoop on what Nick has been binge-watching since the offseason started (3:30), the conversation includes: how it feels to officially be a big leaguer (5:26) what Nick was doing when he got the call that he was headed to The Show (6:...

Jake Eisenberg and Tony Boone welcome Storm Chasers owner Gary Green to The StormCast! Gary has owned the Storm Chasers since 2012 and has since also bought and launched Union Omaha, a USL League One soccer franchise that plays at Werner Park.  On this episode of The StormCast, Jake and Tony remember Bob Gibson (1:00), an Omaha and baseball legend who passed away on October 2nd, and discuss the gr...

Alec Lewis has covered the Royals for The Athletic since he joined the publication in March of 2019. You can find his work here and follow him on Twitter here . His coverage includes feature stories, profiles, explorations into player development and scouting, analytical breakdowns, Q&As with prominent members of the Royals' front office, and more. In April, Alec wrote about the 1995 Omah...

On this episode of The StormCast, Jake Eisenberg and Tony Boone welcome a familiar *byline* to the show in Rob White, a former sportswriter for the Omaha World-Herald. Prior to becoming the Director of Athletic Communications at MSU Denver, Rob covered Triple-A Baseball in Omaha for 18 years from the mid-1990s through the mid-2010s. His tenure as the paper's beat writer included a few team na...

For nearly two decades, Omaha Storm Chasers (and Omaha Royals and Omaha Golden Spikes) fans have heard Mark Nasser's voice on the radio calling the action. Since arriving in Omaha in 2001, he's been behind the mic for the franchise at two different ballparks—Rosenblatt Stadium and Werner Park—and witnessed countless memorable moments, including for four division titles, three PCL champio...