I could just copy and paste any of my Nagoya series recaps from the past 8 years and you would hardly know the difference. Our team simply does not perform well at Vantelin Dome Nagoya. Our pitchers are fine, but our hitters struggle to put up multiple runs. That being the case, winning games is…
After two straight losses in Yokohama, it was nice to return to Koshien for a series… against the… first place (?) Hiroshima Carp? The good news is, the Carp aren’t in first place anymore, thanks to some clutch hitting from our guys on Tuesday and Wednesday. The bad news is, our pitching did not show…
Heading into this series, our Tigers had lost 8 straight regular season games in Yokohama. (But don’t worry – we beat them in the playoffs last season in their park!) We had two outstanding pitchers take the mound in this rain-abbreviated series (no game on Saturday)… Hiroto Saiki did his job really well, but Koyo…
In late February 2022, I was down in Okinawa exploring the spring training facilities of as many NPB teams as I could. My hotel was in Chatan, just a few minutes walk from the Chunichi Dragons camp. Because Covid restrictions were still in place, there were not too many people in attendance. At the top…
Let’s just forget about what happened on Tuesday, shall we? OK, just one sentence. It was our fourth straight game of putting up just a single run. And Wednesday, we were close to doing the same, as it took until extra innings for our run total to break the barrier. On Thursday, the bats finally…
Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay discuss team news, the first eight games of Tigers baseball, and share their first impressions of the main players (and the manager) on the 2023 top squad roster. In the post-show show, T-Ray talks about his experience interpreting for Daily Sports when they interviewed Hanshin Tigers legend Randy Bass. Check it…
This weekend was a rematch between the last two teams standing in the Central League last season. The Tigers got swept by the Swallows at Jingu to end manager Akihiro Yano‘s tenure with the team. In came new manager Akinobu Okada, who has a great head for the game and is said to be a…
The weather in Hiroshima was not great this week. The farm boys had a road trip out that way, too, and had two games called due to rain. The top squad only did a half-game better. Tuesday’s game was played to completion (and what a game it was!), but Wednesday got called before it even…
A new season is upon us, folks! It is always exciting when Hanshin Tigers baseball is on the telly every day, and we can enjoy seeing our heroes doing what they do best. Going up against the weaker half of the Baystars’ rotation helped. They did not have Imanaga ready, and injuries to Ohnuki and…
The Yokohama DeNA Baystars thought that lining up 8 lefties against Hanshin starter Koyo Aoyagi might help them generate some offense. They were wrong. In fact, they collected just two hits and a walk during Aoyagi’s time on the mound, which was 5 ⅔ innings when all was said and done. He got pulled with…