The losing streak was at four. First place was far in the distance, second was looking unlikely, and it seemed like a matter of time before third would slip away as well. The Tigers were back to being a .500 team and were heading into enemy territory, where they had not fared well. Then the…
Co-hosts T-Ray and Whiz-Oh talk about the road trip against the Giants, Dragons and Carp, our Player of the Week selections, Wada Disaster, the postseason outlook for the team, headline news, and predictions for the upcoming week. Opening song – 君は君だけ: Kimi wa Kimi dake (Hakugaijin) Closing song – 夕焼け: Yuuyake (Aki Bubeck – Ukulele Punk…
Original article can be seen here 元の記事はこちら Hanshin has decided not to renew manager Yutaka Wada‘s contract beyond this season. Reports indicate that team owner Nobuya Sakai and team president Nobuo Minami held a top secret meeting in Kobe on the afternoon of the 24th to discuss Wada’s future with the team. As the gap…
Just avoid the September sputter. That’s all the Tigers had to do in order to hold on to first and clinch their first pennant in a decade. But the final month of regular season play has not been a good one for the Tigers in recent years, and this year was starting to look like…
Co-hosts T-Ray and Whiz-Oh talk about the Dragons single game, Baystars and Swallows mini-series, our Player of the Week selections, Wada Disaster, what to do with the current foreigners for 2016, and predictions for the upcoming week. Opening song – 君は君だけ: Kimi wa Kimi dake (Hakugaijin) Closing song – 夕焼け: Yuuyake (Aki Bubeck – Ukulele Punk Girl)…
The original article can be found here 元の記事はこちら Reports on the 16th indicate that Hanshin manager Yutaka Wada (53) is considering calling Nelson Perez (27) up from the farm in an attempt to win the league pennant. Gomez is slumping in September, hitting just .167, and Murton has been showing mental instability as he shows his…
Once again I had the privilege of attending a game with a good friend and being able to sit in a good section. I was 17 rows behind the Tigers’ dugout, so I got to see the players coming off the field every inning, high fiving each other, and so on. Tonight our opponent was…
Episode 08 with co-hosts T-Ray and Whiz-Oh covers the Giants and Carp series, Wada Disaster, our Player of the Week selections, how to set the rotation for the 12 games in 12 days, and predictions for the upcoming week. Opening song – Hanshin Tigers (Sim Redmond Band) Closing song – 夕焼け: Yuuyake (Aki Bubeck – Ukulele Punk Girl) Recorded…
The lead had evaporated. With 18 games to go, the most crucial games of the season started in this series. How would the team respond? Could they defeat the underachieving Carp? Take back first place? Let’s see how this one played out. Game 1: I was able to watch this one from the first base…
In a nutshell our problem is this: the Hanshin Tigers can’t beat other teams’ best pitchers. The chart below lists the Central League’s ten best qualified (enough innings played to win individual awards) pitchers by ERA. Keep in mind this chart does not look at our record in games in which their aces got no-decisions. Pitcher…