So the lead was now down to a half game. The Hanshin Tigers needed to take advantage of the short “home” respite at Kyocera Dome on the weekend against the floundering Yokohama DeNA Baystars. Could they hold them off and preserve or even build on their lead over the surging Giants? Game 1: Starter Minoru…
The original trashy article can be found here 元のゴミはこちら The war below the surface is starting to bubble. We’re talking about last year’s batting champ, Matt Murton (33). He took a benching for a few games this season when he lost some of his shimmer. He’s brought his average back up to .293 (as of…
It really doesn’t matter too much what the Tigers’ record is. They need to beat their longtime rivals, the Yomiuri Giants. Wada himself said, “We’re more focused on the rivalry than our record in this series.” He backed that up by slotting three of his strongest pitchers to take the mound under the EGG in…
Episode 04 features T-Ray and Mike talking about the week that was, plus Player of the Week, Wada’s World, the 2015 Tigers’ Ace, and predictions for the upcoming week of action. Recorded Sunday, August 16, 2015. Facebook Comments
August is usually a fair barometer for how the Hanshin Tigers’ season will develop. Typically the team gets one series at Koshien Stadium to start the month, and one at the end to finish it. The rest, they travel to nearly all Central League parks, playing a few interspersed “home” series at Kyocera Dome (home…
Since the all-star break, the Hanshin Tigers are playing much better ball. They are 11-6 with a run differential of +13. Before the break they were 41-42 and got outscored by 86 runs. The team has won all but one of their six series (losing two of three to the Swallows at home), and started…
Featuring co-hosts T-Ray and Michael, this week’s episode recaps the Hanshin Tigers’ action from August 4-9 (@Hiroshima, @Yokohama). We choose our players of the week, the “Wada Disaster” of the week, talk about which Tigers team (2014 or 2015) is the real deal, and predict the team’s record for the upcoming week of action. (Sound…
Two straight huge wins over the Hiroshima Carp had the Tigers looking great and remaining in the thick of the Central League race. The weekend series in Yokohama would feature their two legitimate aces and a chance to move into first place if all the cards got dealt in their favor. How would they fare…
Episode 02 of the H-TEN Podcast features co-hosts T-Ray and Mike. This time we talked about first two weeks of post-All-Star Break action, who the fifth and sixth starting pitchers should be, what Wada did wrong, how Taiga Egoshi will fare from here on, and our predictions for the week of action to come. Recorded…
Episode 01 of H-TEN (Hanshin Tigers English News) features hosts T-Ray and Mike, and was recorded on Sunday, July 19, 2015. We talk about the first half of the season and what to expect from the podcast heading forward. Excuse the excessive background music! Facebook Comments