You can also find this interview in English and Japanese here. There will also be a series of videos on YouTube someday. Host T-Ray had the privilege of chatting with former Hanshin Tigers slugger Justin Bour (2020) for this interview. Enjoy! Recorded on: September 7, 2022 Become a Patron and receive rewards! patreon.com/thehanshintigers Contact us…
From Daily Sports Column (Japanese) / デイリースポーツオンラインの連載コラムから The Tigers’ woes continue in large part due to their lack of run support for the excellent pitching staff they have fielded this year. After their twenty-one-game streak of allowing 3 runs or fewer came to an end on May 20, they have had two games of giving…
From T-Ray’s Daily Sports Monthly Column / トレバーの虎場から Twenty-twenty started with so much excitement but was filled with a lot of dread, loss and hardship. It’s finally about to come to an end, but no one has promised us a better 2021. Every year has its ups and downs, its starts and its ends, and…
It’s been a year, hasn’t it? Without getting into too many details about any of these stories (which have been discussed on the podcast, in the TTT sessions, and in other articles we’ve written), here are the 20 things that defined this year for your Hanshin Tigers. 20. Fourth-string catcher Kenya Nagasaka started his season…
Name (Japanese): ジャスティン・ボーア Date of Birth: May 28, 1988 Hometown: Washington, DC Family Status: Married, one son Position: First Base Height: 193 cm (6’4″) Weight: 122 kg (268 lbs) Threw/Batted: Right/Left Wore #: 41 Originally Drafted by: Chicago Cubs, 2009 (Round 25) Signed With Tigers on: December 14, 2019 Top Squad Debut on: June 19,…
It is that time of year again. After welcoming in 9 new guys via the draft, the team has to part ways with roughly the same number of men. At present, only one will be retiring, while the rest are likely to be looking for work elsewhere. And for a couple of these, that “elsewhere”…
Daily Sports Column (Japanese) here / トレバーの虎場（デイリースポーツ）から I can still remember July 1998 like it was yesterday. I wouldn’t call myself traumatized by what happened. Just shell-shocked. I had just come to Okinawa, Japan, and the town Board of Education threw me a welcome party. There I was, sitting at a table with a bunch…
Tora (虎) = Tiger Kichi (キチ) = short for kichigai (気違い) = lunatic We are… Episode 008: Gaijin (Un-)Employment Center Hard to believe the season is coming to an end here real quick… and yet, given that it’s already past the midway point of October, it’s a wonder (and a joy) to be able to…
From T-Ray’s Daily Sports Column (Japanese) / トレバーの虎場（デイリースポーツ）から I can’t remember the exact day it dawned on me that I would never be a professional athlete, but I clearly recall my ambitions changing very quickly from athletic to journalistic. Like, if I could not be in that locker room celebrating a Stanley Cup with my…
Tora (虎) = Tiger Kichi (キチ) = short for kichigai (気違い) = lunatic We are… Episode 005: Pack it in or Keep Hoping? Last time we talked, this team was on the rise. I think their record was 6-11 or 7-11 after their horrendous 2-10 start. After flying as high as 16-14-1, the team is…