We’re a week into June. The draft took place almost exactly two months ago, two weeks into the season. (Click here to see the order in which players got drafted, as well as the rules.) Some players have settled in. Hot starters are cooling off. Cold starters are heating up. But the ladder between the…
Host T-Ray and co-host Joe talk in detail about the six games this past week (@ Eagles, vs. Lions). We choose our players of the week, hitter & pitcher of the month, and then are joined by Christian from Graveyard Baseball and Patrick from NPB Tracker to talk about our upcoming PL opponents – Chiba Lotte Marines and Hokkaido…
We take two steps forward and one step back. One step forward and then two back. The Hanshin Tigers have been within a game of .500 since May 11 – an incredible stretch in which there has been no winning or losing streak longer than two games. After nine games on the road, the team came…
Last season, the Hanshin Tigers “won” the interleague season… in that they took home the best record of any of the Central League teams. Of course, in a mini-season dominated by Pacific League teams, there was no hope for them to win it outright, but a 10-8 record (including a stellar 8-1 at home) was…
I got notice from one John Gunning (who covers sumo in English in Japan and does it quite well) that he wanted to start to promote sports in Japan to more of a global audience. So he asked me if he could interview me and post the video to his YouTube channel. Of course I…
Host T-Ray and co-host Joe talk in detail about the six games this past week (@ Swallows, @ Giants). We choose our players of the week, and then are joined by Christian from Graveyard Baseball and Patrick from NPB Tracker to talk about our upcoming PL opponents. Finally, we try to predict the Tigers’ record for the first week…
The above graphic was created by our very own Zorny. Thanks, mate! Get your stats fix here! These are all the numbers you’ve been waiting for ever since last week’s update! You can find the draft results in this post here, in case you’re new to following this. Also, keep in mind that farm (nigun)…
The series at Jingu left a sour taste in the mouths of Hanshin fans, and facing the Yomiuri Giants in Tokyo – where the Tigers won just 2 of 13 in 2015 – had the potential of either lifting our spirits or dashing our hopes heading into interleague play. As it turns out, it was…
There seem to be no favorites this year – except the BayStars. There seem to be no weaknesses this year – except the power hitting and the bullpen. There seems to be no preference between home and away games – except that our record at Koshien so far is a pedestrian 10-12-1. So as the…
“Don’t you want it… can’t you feel it, your fantasy… Tigers fantasy…” You can always look back on the original draft order here. We are hoping to allow a time of waiver pick-ups and drops soon, as well. Stay tuned as we may do a special podcast detailing the fantasy season until now and how…