When I signed up to be a member of SABR (Society of American Baseball Research), one of the first perks that I dug into was the free books and resources section. This one jumped out at me because I not only love baseball (and particularly MLB during the “golden years” for the two Canadian franchises)…
Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay discuss the latest team news and recap the past 13 games of Tigers baseball. Then they go to great lengths to give an 84-game report card to every main position player and pitcher, plus the team manager. Here’s a link to a good video that explains the sign-stealing controversy from July…
This book came recommended to me by a few people, and while I had had an interest in reading it for a good three years or so, it was not until recently that I got my hands on it and cracked it open. The first few chapters were completely mesmerizing for me, and I learned…
The Tigers have been bad at home of late. I mean, really bad. The last time they won a three-game series at Koshien was May 11-13 against the Dragons, and that was due in part to a rainout. They got swept by the Baystars three weeks ago at home, and wanted so badly to end…
What did Hanshin do as a follow-up act to yesterday’s dramatic, come-from-behind, escape from the jaws of death landmark of a game? They sure didn’t build on the momentum, as the Baystars scored three early runs against Raul Alcantara and tacked on another in the third inning before he was chased. Meanwhile, the batters looked…
Koyo Aoyagi lowered his ERA even further, hurling 7 innings of one (earned) run ball. Still, he seemed destined to be the second straight hard-luck loser for the Tigers. After all, it took the Tigers 26 outs to finally come to life. Held off the board for 8 ⅔ innings, and giving up three runs…
What to say. This was a true pitching gem by starter Yuki Nishi. He dissected the powerful Giants order all night, and made just one mistake on an 0-2 count… his pitch missed Umeno’s glove by maybe 6″ and was in the bottom of the strike zone, enough for Takumi Ohshiro to push it through…
Unfortunately, it neither rained nor poured at Koshien Stadium on this day. It would have helped if the game had been called before the fifth inning because at no point during these nine innings did it look like our guys were going to pull off the win. Masashi Itoh walked three and plunked one in…
As seen in Daily Sports Online (Japanese) / トレバーの虎場から OK, I’ve about had it. Earlier this month, I was hosting the monthly H-TEN viewing party on Zoom. I and three others sat down in front of our respective computers while watching the Tigers-Hawks game on our own TV screens. Most of them were on Toratele,…
You can say what you want about the nature of this game ending in the top of the seventh with the Giants threatening to make it a close game. The fact of the matter is that the grounds crew know the field better than anyone, and they do not play favorites. When they can fix…