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 It was an August for the ages, was it not? The Tigers only lost one series during its “Road of Death” and ended their time away from Koshien with an incredible 18-5 record. It surely was a great time to watch the Tigers do their thing. Unfortunately…
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 I once had a dream of becoming a sports journalist. I think I was caught up with the vague idea that being in the locker room with a championship team amidst the champagne shower frenzy was as good as life could get. Along the way, my aspirations…
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 If you take a quick look at Marty Kuehnert’s life in Japan, you’d think he was a real-life Midas. Does everything he touches turn to gold? It’s got to be fiction. Oftentimes, though, the most fantastic narratives are straight-up truth. Marty grew up in California, but had…
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 All-star voting is well under way in NPB, and a lot of our Hanshin Tigers are currently sitting in first place at their respective positions. Voting booths are open until June 18, so head here for a guide, and vote daily to ensure our guys are on…
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 Japan is riding a perfect baseball wave right now. If you think about it, this perfect storm has been in the works for 5 years now. Ever since Shohei Ohtani took MLB by storm in 2018, there has been a heightened interest in the country and league…
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 March 31, 2023. Opening Day for the Central League in NPB. The long wait is over. Six pm couldn’t come sooner. That said, for me, 5:15 pm is when it all begins. Just 45 minutes before the ump yells “Play ball,” we fans get to see the…
From our Daily Sports Online column (Japanese) / デイリースポーツの連載コラムから Fujinami: 思いっきり腕を振って勝負していきたい (Omoikkiri ude wo futte sho-bu shite ikitai) Translator: Swing my arm and do what I can do and… do my best. Huh? That doesn’t sound like good baseball English! Come on, translator! You’d be better off saying something like, umm… omoikkiri… hang on a…
From our Daily Sports Online column / デイリースポーツの連載コラムから It feels good to welcome two new foreign hitters to the Hanshin Tigers in 2023. Yohan Mieses and Sheldon Neuse, we wish you all the best! We should also tell you about the team’s track record with foreign hitters in the past two decades, in case you…
Based on 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 “Hats off to you, James, because you’ve been able to do something that I have put off for too long. You wrote a book. You’re a published author. If nothing else, you’ve got something to show your kids and grandkids and say, ‘I wrote this.’” Not…
Based on the Daily Sports column / デイリースポーツオンラインの連載コラムから Hanshin Tigers English News (H-TEN) has put out over 160 podcast episodes in just over seven years. There have been four main co-hosts (WhizOh, Joe, JD, and Sanjay) and a few guests along the way, too. I have had a ton of fun talking Hanshin baseball with…