Storm Chasers Baseball Ready for TV Debut

OMAHA, Neb. - The wait is over for Kansas City Royals fans ready to take a look at the talent stockpiled in Major League Baseball's No. 1-ranked farm system. Time Warner Cable Metro Sports and the Omaha Storm Chasers are teaming up to televise three games live from Werner Park this summer, the cable television leader and top Kansas City Royals' affiliate announced Thursday.

Storm Chasers home games on June 13, June 27 and July 25 will air across the region on Time Warner Cable Metro Sports in the Kansas City area, in Lincoln, Neb., as well as on Cox Channel 2 in Omaha, reaching more than one million viewers. Chasers radio broadcaster Mark Nasser will deliver the television play-by-play alongside former Kansas City Royals pitcher Al Fitzmorris.

"We are excited to form a partnership with Time Warner Cable and Metro Sports to be able to showcase Storm Chasers baseball throughout the Midwest," said Storm Chasers Vice President/General Manager Martie Cordaro. "We hope fans locally will come out to be a part of the first TV games in Werner Park history and we hope to put on a great show for fans watching on television throughout the region."

The televised games will provide fans their first glimpse of Mike Moustakas, Mike Montgomery, Lorenzo Cain, David Lough, Johnny Giavotella, Clint Robinson and other prospects that have fans optimistic for a bright future. Omaha's roster also includes players already familiar to Royals fans from their time in Kansas City including Jarrod Dyson, Kila Ka'aihue and Jeremy Jeffress.

Time Warner Cable Metro Sports is Kansas City's 24-hour all-sports television network. It is shown in the Kansas City area on Time Warner Cable channel 310 digital and in HD on channel 1310. It is also available regionally on Comcast channel 258 and Knology channel 37. In Lincoln, it can be found on channel 310 Digital.

All 144 Storm Chasers games are radio broadcast on Omaha's KOIL-1180 AM and video streamed online at www.milb.tv.