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…
The way the Hanshin Tigers played this weekend, you would have never guessed they were riding a 13-game losing streak (regular season games only) at Yokohama Stadium. The same is true of the Baystars, whose defense was atrocious through two games. In any case, the team’s bats came to life and the starting pitching was…
Source: Hanshin Tigers Official (for more pictures) On Saturday, August 5th, right-handed pitcher Colten Brewer had his opening press conference in Nishinomiya. ―How do you feel upon your arrival in Japan? I feel great. I’m really happy to be able to come to Japan in these circumstances. I want to get on the field and…
The Dragons had been struggling, and the Tigers were coming off a good Ultra Summer week at Koshien. But none of that matters when the venue is Vantelin Dome in Nagoya. The Tigers almost never perform well in this town, but needed to take two of three in this series to keep their good stretch…
Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay discuss team news, the last eight games of Tigers baseball, select their players of the month for July, and look at how the annual August road trip has changed over the years. How many cities did the 1955 road trip span? How long were they away from Koshien? Listen along and…
The Hiroshima Carp entered this series on a 10-game winning streak. Because of this, the Tigers found themselves on the outside looking in for just the second time since May. And just like last time, the team that took over first only stayed there for one game. Starting pitching held the Carp to a minimum…
I’m not sure which is more amazing: the fact that a self-proclaimed illiterate man has written four books or the fact that I have read three of them. Tsuyoshi Shinjo is indeed a man of mystery. Though he divulges a lot about himself in interviews and his three books (including this one), it seems quite…
There’s nothing more satisfying than beating down the Yomiuri Giants at Koshien Stadium. Tuesday was a memorial game for the late Shintaro Yokota, and the team came through with a big win, thanks to clutch hitting from Yusuke Ohyama and Teruaki Sato. Wednesday saw the team storm back from a 5-3 deficit in a thriller….
Name (Japanese): ブライアン・ケラー Date of Birth: June 21, 1994 Hometown: Germantown, Wisconsin High School: Germantown High (Wisconsin) University: U of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Family Status: Married Height: 191 cm (6’3″) Weight: 91 kg (200 lbs) Threw/Batted: Right/Right Position: Pitcher Wore #: 24 Originally Drafted by: New York Yankees (2016, Round 39) Signed with Hanshin on: December 14,…
Coming off the all-star break, which was not much of a break for our main players (who pretty much all got voted to the team), the team needed to build some momentum. After all, a six-game home stand next week marks the end of Tigers baseball at Koshien Stadium for nearly a whole month, as…