Host T-Ray recaps the First Stage of the Climax Series game by game, gives some general impressions of the games, names a Player of the Series, and discusses (with himself) what is lacking or missing from these Hanshin Tigers. What do you think they need to take that next step? Share your thoughts in…
See Recaps of Game 1 here, and Game 2 here. The Kansai area got way too much rain for baseball to have been played on Sunday or Monday. But due to poor scheduling plans, one of those days had a historically muddy game. After Monday night off, the teams played a winner-takes-all matchup on Tuesday….
Heading into last weekend’s playoff series at Koshien, the weather forecast looked quite grim. The best-of-three schedule was to see Game 1 played Saturday, Game 2 on Sunday, and Game 3 on Monday. Tuesday was a rain date in case it would be needed. The Final Stage of the Climax Series has been scheduled to…
In Game 1 of the first round of the 2014 Climax Series, Randy Messenger pitched six shutout innings and got support via a home run by Kosuke Fukudome in the sixth. In Game 1 of the 2017… (same as last sentence). You probably remember that 2014 is the last time these Tigers found themselves playing…
It was looking like the weather might wash away the entire weekend of baseball, but the skies held up as Game 1 between the Hanshin Tigers and the Yokohama DeNA BayStars got started. All the talk was that winners of Game 1 of this playoff series go on to the next round 95% of the…
The Hanshin Tigers will host the Yokohama DeNA BayStars over the weekend for the right to head into Hiroshima in the Final Stage of the Climax Series. Today, we look at the two teams’ starting lineups, key players, key matchups, and some predictions. First, the bad news… rain is in the forecast for the entire…
The original article can be found here 元の記事はこちら Make Senior Advisor Wada the GM! The Man Who Can Loosen Kanemoto’s Grip on Operations Put the Club Back in the Driver’s Seat This team needs to start thinking about making Yutaka Wada its General Manager. Hanshin is slated to start the first round of the Climax…
Host T-Ray recaps the end of the 2017 regular season, detailing individual stat leaders, and predicting the First Stage of the Climax Series. Recorded on October 11, 2017 Opening song – Hajime no Ippo – SHIN a.k.a MAMIYA feat.TIM Closing song – Hanshin Tigers – Sim Redmond Band Like / Review the Facebook PAGE: facebook.com/hanshintigersenglishnews Follow T-Ray…
Instead of risking a retirement game in the rain on October 6, the club elected to postpone the last game of the season until the 10th. The result could be that the anticipated starting rotation for the Climax Series against the BayStars could have to be shifted. But either way, ending the season on a…
It sure has been a dry stretch in the NPB baseball season. Having played just one game in the past week, the Tigers must be feeling quite antsy to get the playoff schedule started! We fans feel the same way, too, no doubt. As we wait for the playoffs to start this coming weekend, here’s…