The Hanshin Tigers have no reason to get too high after sweeping the lowly Tokyo Yakult Swallows at home earlier this week. After all, they faced inferior pitching and were just starting to heat up at the plate after battering the Hiroshima Carp (pun intended) last Sunday. This would be their last chance to enjoy…
After last week’s sweep at the hands of the Giants, the club was on a 7-game home losing streak, with its last Koshien win coming June 28 against the BayStars. A six-pack at home against the other lower teams in the Central would be a chance for the Tigers to show their mettle. Summer break was…
On Sunday night in Hiroshima, the scoreboard looked like it needed correction: Where’s Takashi Toritani‘s name? This is the man who has played every inning of all of the past 667 games (4th longest such streak in NPB history) dating back to the first game of the 2012 season. Sure, he has hit in every slot…
Host T-Ray is joined by co-host Joe to talk about the awful week that the Tigers had – 3 vs. Giants, 3 @ Carp. We choose our player of the week, look at the positive side of the 2016 Tigers season, and finally, predict the upcoming week (vs. Swallows, vs. Dragons). Listen through to the end for trivia…
Nothing has gone the Tigers’ way since the start of interleague play. They sure aren’t helping themselves, either. Heading on the road against the top team in the Central League was not going to help things, either. Even with the “ace” opening the series and the true ace closing it. Game 91 – Friday 7/22:…
The first two-game winning streak in six weeks was a positive way to enter the all-star break, but could the team propel themselves to have a proper winning streak, though? The team’s best through 87 games was just three, achieved only once. The team would host the second place Giants to start the final portion…
Host T-Ray is joined by co-host Joe to talk about the two-game mini-series against the Swallows (in Nagano & Tokyo). We choose our player of the week before giving a detailed report card for the team (starters, relievers, hitters, fielders, managers). Finally, we predict the upcoming week (vs. Giants, @ Carp) and the team record over the…
All-Star break gives us a good opportunity to evaluate how are teams are doing. Some categories are still up for grabs, while others are moving along in a predictable way. At the end of interleague, we did a mini-add/drop session to help our teams out. For those we added (**), stats only count from June 21st…
Leading Figure in Baseball Lambastes Hanshin “They Don’t Know Baseball! They Don’t Know Player Development!” Original article can be read here 元の記事はこちら Hanshin, whose season slogan is “cho-henkaku” (ultra reform) is forcing itself to play in some hard games. On the 10th, the team lost 0-9 to Hiroshima at Koshien Stadium, making it the 4th…
It would be hard to blame Hanshin fans for taking the entire week off after last weekend’s drubbing at Koshien, during which the team scored just 3 runs (and just one run batted in) versus 24 against. But this matchup, unlike the last one, was against a comparable opponent. Formidable at the plate, mind you,…