Recap of the past week’s action (@ Dragons, vs. Swallows), Player of the Week, Hitter of the Month, Pitchers of the Month, Wacky Tomoaki, Hot Topic (Hanshin’s impatience with import hitters), Predictions for next week’s action – 3 @ BayStars, 3 vs. Giants. Recorded on July 3, 2017 Opening song – Hajime no Ippo…
This isn’t funny anymore. The implosion against a powerful Rakuten Eagles team, I get. Same with the shutout the next day. Then losing two straight to Hiroshima is hard to stomach but also a plausible scenario, one we could stomach, to an extent. But the ONE RUN series against the Dragons? Sure, it was on…
Original Article Can be Found Here 元の記事はこちら New Import Rogers Reaches Deal – Could See Game Action After All-Star Break Hanshin announced on July 1st that it has reached a deal to acquire infielder Jason Rogers (29) from the Pittsburgh Pirates’ AAA club. Rogers was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 32nd round…
The following interview was a 5-week series found on the Hanshin Tigers official website. I always find it hard to translate these, because the original answers given by Randy Messenger were in English, then interpreted into Japanese, transcribed, read by my eyes, and put back into the English I think Randy might have originally spoken….
Life as a Hanshin Tigers fan has not been any fun lately. Since the bullpen meltdown on June 18 against the Eagles, the team has managed just three runs in three games, two of which came with the team down a dozen runs against the Carp (and neither was an RBI hit). Could they right…
Sometimes it’s nice to take a break from all the NPB (and Hanshin Tigers) related books and dive into something a little bit lighter, fluffier, funnier. Dirk Hayhurst tells his life story as a minor leaguer who dreamed of making it to the bigs someday. Written with zest and urbanity but also a casualness that…
Recap of the past weekend’s action (@ Carp), Player of the Week, Wacky Tomoaki, Hot Topic (Which do you prefer at first base – Nakatani or Haraguchi?), Predictions for next week’s action – 3 @ Dragons, 3 vs. Swallows. Recorded on June 26, 2017 Opening song – Hajime no Ippo – SHIN a.k.a MAMIYA feat.TIM Closing song…
While the Carp had a slightly better interleague record than the Tigers, the standings atop the Central were still close heading into this one. Last year at this time, Hanshin opened the post-interleague schedule in Hiroshima with an embarrassing 3-game sweep. Everyone knew that and had revenge in their minds. They did not have it…
Original Article is Here 元の記事はこちら Play with reckless abandon! In this year’s famous Sankei Sports “Captain Attack” corner, Hanshin outfielder Kosuke Fukudome revealed his heart to Tigers beat reporters. The Interleague schedule is completed and the Tigers finished above .500. League play resumes on the 23rd with a series against the Hiroshima Carp, whom the…
Recap of last week’s action (vs. Lions, vs. Eagles), Player of the Week, Hot Topic (Who should be on the farm, who should be on the bench?), Predictions for next week’s three-game series @ Carp. Recorded on June 19, 2017 Opening song – Hajime no Ippo – SHIN a.k.a MAMIYA feat.TIM Closing song – Hanshin Tigers – Sim…