Last year, the Hanshin Tigers dominated the all-star fan voting results… in fact, only one position player from other teams got chosen to play on the big stage! I wonder if, given that this team won the Japan Series last year, things will be the same again this year! Here are your instructions (plus links)…
From the Daily Sports Online column / デイリースポーツオンラインの連載コラムから April was a rather wet month. Somehow, the 29th was the first time our Hanshin Tigers missed a game due to a rain-out. That said, they did play a few games in sub-optimal conditions, and no fewer than two games ended prematurely (1-1 tie against the Giants…
Hi everyone. I have been using Hanshin Tigers English News (H-TEN) as my platform for nearly 10 years now. Can you believe it’s been that long? Sometimes I have to pinch myself when I stop and think about all that I have experienced since embarking on this adventure: To this point, I have been using…
Source: Sanspo The Hanshin Tigers announced the death of former player Shintaro Yokota on the 18th. He was just 28 years old. Yokota was selected in the second round of the 2013 draft out of Kagoshima Jitsugyo High. He made his top-squad debut on Opening Day 2016 against the Chunichi Dragons, batting second. In 2017,…
When attending a baseball game in Japan, one must experience the food in tandem with the action on the field! Japan is world-renowned for putting a lot of thought, effort, and quality into its cuisine… and the ballparks are no exception! There is a lot of great food besides what we have for you here,…
Here we go again! This shall be the first all-star game since pre-pandemic for fans to be allowed to fill the stadium and make some noise! That said, most of us will not be in attendance, given that the games are being played July 19 (Vantelin Dome Nagoya) and 20 (Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium) in cities…
In recent weeks, I have received a whole boatload of emails from fans on the other side of the pond. Many of them have questions about how to buy tickets to games at Koshien Stadium. It used to be more straightforward than it is now. Unfortunately, it is rigged against overseas customers. And so, to…
If you’ve been trekking along with us for some time, you know that H-TEN has had annual slogans just like the team does. We have loved every look and slogan so far (see examples below), but we like to freshen things up at the start of every season. Thanks to our resident graphic designer Zorny,…
From the Daily Sports Online column / デイリースポーツオンラインの連載コラムから “Loyalty to any one sports team is pretty hard to justify, because the players are always changing, the team can move to another city. You’re actually rooting for the clothes, when you get right down to it. You know what I mean? You are standing and cheering…
The last couple of days have really blown the summer heat out of Japan. But that’s not the “cool” I’m talking about here. It’s the experiences I’ve been a part of. First of all, dearly departing Yoshio Itoi put out a “contest” of sorts on his Twitter account and was giving away signed retirement towels….