Tora (虎) = Tiger Kichi (キチ) = short for kichigai (気違い) = lunatic We are… Episode 003: Baseball’s Back! The long baseball — and Two Talkin’ Torakichi — hiatus is over! Good to be back, isn’t it, my good man? Indeed over my friend!! Feels good to be back talking Tigers baseball and I couldn’t…
Episode 001: Friendship History, Position Battles Bro, I am so glad to do this with you! We definitely had a blast doing the Top 10 Games last year! Always a pleasure man. That was definitely fun. Glad to do this once again. Let’s fill everyone in a little on how we first met – after…
Read in Japanese on Daily Sports / トレバーの虎場（デイリー）はこちら A couple of years back when I looked inside Beat Tamashii Shop (just outside Koshien Stadium), a poem on a t-shirt caught my eye: Every year, I have the same dream… A dream that this year is going to be the year But every year ends with…
For the past seven days, it has been in theatres near you (if you live in Japan). And at long last, H-TEN took it in on this day. There were around 30 people in a 200-seat cinema, which I suppose should be expected for a Thursday matinee. Anyhow, let’s get down to business. There are…
Read the Japanese Version in Daily Sports The offseason is almost over! We can watch baseball again, Tigers fans! And for those who missed it, the team signed four new American players to the roster: infielder Justin Bour (Angels), outfielder Jerry Sands (KBO Kiwoom Heroes), and pitchers Joe Gunkel (Marlins) and Jon Edwards (Indians). They…
As a new decade dawns and the players prepare to head off to camp, it’s time to look at some of the guys you may not yet know. Every player wants to be known by his team’s fans, and these ten young men could be household names by season’s end if all goes well for…
It’s been a decade, folks. Hanshin is notoriously known for not being able to develop its players. Nevertheless, we have compiled a list of the Top 10 Players of the Decade. One of them was a free agent acquisition who spent seven years with the club, but all the rest were drafted by the Tigers….
Before the dawn of a new decade of Hanshin Tigers baseball, we rank the last ten renditions of the team – not based on win percentage or finish in the standings, but on how they felt as a fan. Your comments and interpretations of the 2010s is welcome in the comments!
The Hanshin Tigers have added an eighth foreigner to the roster for 2020, signing relief pitcher Jon Edwards. What is the team aiming to do in 2020? Will they be able to keep all 8 guys happy? Our thoughts…
Source: Daily The Hanshin Tigers have reached an agreement in principle with former Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim infielder Justin Bour (31). It will be a one-year contract and the deal will be officially announced by the club in December. Bour is a big man, at 193 cm (6’4″) and 122 kg (268 lbs), plays…