Sources: Sanspo / Nikkan / Yomiuri Kentucky Fried Chicken announced on March 19th that it had held a burial ceremony on March 8 for the Colonel Statue that had been thrown in the Dotonbori Canal by Hanshin Tigers fans on October 16, 1985. The statue was miraculously rediscovered and fished out of the river in…
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 The Hanshin Tigers have won the Japan Series for the first time in 38 years, ending the second-longest drought in NPB. (The Carp have now gone 39 seasons without a championship, and will be playing for their first in 40 years next season.) Thanks in large part…
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 So this is what it feels like to be a fan of the champs. The Tigers nation, myself included, is still basking in the glory of it all, in part because of the frantic pace at which the team went from tenuously holding the lead in the…
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 If you take a quick look at Marty Kuehnert’s life in Japan, you’d think he was a real-life Midas. Does everything he touches turn to gold? It’s got to be fiction. Oftentimes, though, the most fantastic narratives are straight-up truth. Marty grew up in California, but had…
Sources: Daily Sports / Sponichi / Sanspo The greatest import in Hanshin Tigers history has at long last found his way into Japanese baseball’s hall of greatness. Randy Bass (68) played for the Hanshin Tigers from 1983 to 1988 and had an impact far beyond his six short years in Japan. Despite being on the…
As the regular season quickly approaches (Opening Day is March 26!), we have been made aware of a few opportunities you have to get involved in. First and most appealing (to me) is a film viewing and panel discussion being sponsored by the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ). As a non-member (which I…
Also seen in Daily Sports / デイリースポーツのコラム（トレバーの虎場) There are two things I have gotten plenty sick of since becoming a Hanshin Tigers fan six years ago. The first is the constant beatings at the hand of the Yomiuri Giants. In fact, when I first started this column at the start of the 2018 season, the…
Read in Japanese on Daily Sports / トレバーの虎場（デイリー）はこちら A couple of years back when I looked inside Beat Tamashii Shop (just outside Koshien Stadium), a poem on a t-shirt caught my eye: Every year, I have the same dream… A dream that this year is going to be the year But every year ends with…
Original Daily Sports Article Here / デイリーのコラムの日本語版はこちら Jefry Marte got called up to the top squad today, but how short will the leash be that already has him fastened to the doghouse door? After all, he chose to don the most sacred jersey non-retired jersey number the team has, #31 – that of legend Masayuki…
Many of you are probably aware of the fact that the Hanshin Tigers have a long history of scandal and notoriety. Down to the top 3: can you believe the best hitter in team history lost his job for putting family first?