Though it received little notice or fanfare, H-TEN turned 10 years old as a website/blog on May 18. I also officially reached 200 episodes of the podcast (in just under nine years) earlier this week. The Japanese version of the podcast also has 25 episodes. On top of that, I have been doing Patreon for…
This is the first time that H-TEN has had the opportunity to write about a winner. I’ve put up rankings like this in the past, and they are always fun, regardless of how the season turns out. I mean, even the worst teams put up 10 games that they can be proud of, right? Well,…
The Hanshin Tigers release a DVD every season that takes fans backstage to see some of the key moments of the year from different angles, with exclusive interviews with the players involved in those plays/games. And if you look on the team’s official website now, they are still selling the 2022 version. It is the…
Source: Hanshin Official / Nikkan Sports Well folks, it’s officially a new era for the Hanshin Tigers. Not only have they brought in a new manager (Akinobu Okada, who also managed the team from 2004-08), but they officially announced the new slogan on December 17, and yesterday (January 23), they unveiled their annual “Ultra Summer”…
Check here for our Top 10 Prospects in 2023 The year has just begun, and yet we can think of at least ten players for whom the writing is on the wall: either put up good numbers in 2023 or prepare to find a new career. OK, that might be a little extreme, but with…
There is a lot of talk about this team being young, is there not? It is definitely true that the oldest position player is just 31 years old. That said, many of the regulars are now in their late 20s and I for one feel like we need an injection of new blood in the…
2022 was the Year of the Tiger, and was supposed to be our year to win the pennant. As you surely know by now, that did not happen. But that does not mean it was not a year to remember! There was a lot to rejoice (and lament) over during the past 365 days. Here’s…
Sorry for the innuendo in the title… just that our playoffs here in NPB are called the “Climax Series” though more often than not, they are anti-climactic. Anyhow, T and Ray sat down and hashed out whether a playoff berth is best for the 2022 Hanshin Tigers or not. Here’s how the discussion went down:…
As Seen in Daily Sports (Japanese) / デイリースポーツオンラインのコラムから I’ve only been following Japanese professional baseball for seven years, but in some ways, I am a kind of “veteran” in the foreign NPB fan society. Often when new fans come in, the first things they ask about are some of the major differences between the “new”…
It’s been a year, hasn’t it? Without getting into too many details about any of these stories (which have been discussed on the podcast, in the TTT sessions, and in other articles we’ve written), here are the 20 things that defined this year for your Hanshin Tigers. 20. Fourth-string catcher Kenya Nagasaka started his season…