If you were to ask me who my favorite all-time Hanshin Tiger is, it wouldn’t take me too long to answer. Matt Murton, the fiery-spirited redhead who not only wowed fans with his on-field performance but endeared himself to them with his congeniality off the field as well.
It’s hard to remember a June that went well for the Hanshin Tigers. Interleague is simply not our friend, and I have a theory about that, but I’ll save it for another time. Anyhow, the team also often struggles out of the gates and in the short stretch between interleague and the all-star break. This…
This is it. The century mark. Triple digits. We’ve talked a lot of Hanshin Tigers baseball over the years, and in this episode, we celebrate it. We also recorded some of this episode at Koshien during a baseball game. Enjoy!
Daily Sports Column in Japanese here / デイリースポーツのコラムはこちら Nothing happens by accident. At least that’s how life can feel at times. I trace the fateful encounter I had with my future wife on an airplane in Vancouver back in 2010 to a young 12-year-old boy in Okinawa who told me I should apply to work…
I never thought I’d become a Koki Moriya fan. He’s started performing well, but that’s not how I got into him. And it’s also not because I’m 43 years old and he’s #43….
You want to know how to watch Tigers games, and are tired of searching for illegal streams… right? You know that Hanshin offers access to most of their games (top squad and farm alike), but for a price… right? So you go to their site and try to find the service. You see no English,…
Host T-Ray is joined by JD as they recap the last two weeks of spectacular Tigers baseball. They then choose their top hitters and pitchers of the month, their Yano-no-no of the fortnight, and then tackle the big issue for the next three weeks of interleague play: can we hold our own against the powerful…
Look no further for inspiration, folks. Cancer survivor Fumihito Haraguchi provides you with an encouraging story of determination, humility, and hope.
If you don’t remember April, it was not a good month – certainly not the first 20+ days. The team saw itself six games below .500 and potentially staying in or near the cellar for the balance of the year. But May has brought in a new era, literally, and with the onset of Reiwa,…
Let me see if I can wrap my head around yet another incredible night at the ballpark. But first, a bit of background on how I got tickets. Some of you might remember that back in December 2017, I was featured in Daily Sports Online (a big-time Kobe sports newspaper). The journalist who interviewed me…