The other day I caught word on Twitter that newcomer Matt Hague‘s uniform number would be #36. So I retweeted it and tagged the man: My boy @mdhague Matt Hague is to wear #36 this coming season. Can’t wait to see him in pinstripes! #hanshin #tigers https://t.co/uJSd3hrnfa — T-Ray (@thehanshintiger) December 28, 2015 He was…
So it appears our closer of the past two years, Seung-hwan Oh, is cleared of allegedly gambling overseas. He will pay a fine and move on. I suppose this means he is eligible to play in Korea, Japan or overseas in 2016. To which I say, “Good for him. Just stay out of our backyard!”…
Hey everyone! Thanks for coming back to H-TEN (Hanshin Tigers English News) again and again throughout 2015. It has been a fun year following the team, and I have made a lot of inroads when it comes to broadening my circle of friends/acquaintances in the Hanshin Tigers community as well as in the NPB world….
Anyone who has followed Matt Murton while he played for the Hanshin Tigers knows that the man is a Christian, and a vocal one at that. While his faith may not appeal to everyone, there are certainly people within the Christian community that root for him based solely on his beliefs. Contrarily, there are people…
Co-hosts T-Ray and Whiz-Oh talk about player salaries (see table below), new acquisitions in the past month, and the Seung-hwan Oh gambling scandal. Also a look ahead at what’s in store for 2016, including a Hanshin Tigers Fantasy Baseball League. Opening song – 君は君だけ: Kimi wa Kimi dake (Hakugaijin) Closing song – 夕焼け: Yuuyake (Aki Bubeck –…
T-Ray interviews longtime hardcore Australian Hanshin Tigers superfan Peter Gibson. Afterwards, co-host Whiz-Oh joins in a short discussion about the interview’s contents. Interview recorded December 8, 2015 Post-Interview Discussion recorded December 21, 2015 Want to be on the podcast as a special guest? Want to be interviewed about your life as a Hanshin Tigers fan? Send…
Some people say Santa Claus doesn’t exist or is not real. They might be right, and Santa might be nothing but a myth, but I met a legend who was dressed as a myth, visiting Japan to bring joy and hope to millions. As he does many Decembers, former Hanshin Tigers great Randy Bass made…
You wouldn’t think it would be a hard task to find a newly published Hanshin Tigers magazine in the Kansai area… and yet I went to major bookstores in Sannoymiya (Kobe), Ashiya and Nishinomiya and came up fruitless. FINALLY today I found it! In Himeji, of all places! So here’s the book I searched high and…
Original article can be seen here 元の記事はこちら Hanshin officially signed Dominican pitcher Marcos Mateo (31), formerly of the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball, as a candidate to be the team’s new closer next season, to a contract on the 14th. According to a team representative, the main terms of the contract have been agreed…
Yesterday my fellow Hanshin Tigers fan Peter Gibson, who lives down in Australia and will be featured on the next podcast, dropped a bomb on his Facebook page: he and Tigers legend (that word is practically an understatement, as he is practically deified in Kansai) Randy Bass became Facebook friends. Guess who’s a little jelly?…