From our monthly Daily Sports column / デイリースポーツの連載コラムから It’s funny how a couple of wins will cheer up your soul, even after a whole string of losses. The Hanshin Tigers started the year 1-15-1 and now find themselves sitting at 7-20-1 (as of April 28). Still in last and that will not change for weeks,…
From our 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 So the 2022 season hasn’t started as anyone has expected. I mean, the 0-9 record is the worst start in Central League history – that’s 73 seasons times six teams, for those keeping track at home. Many people have lamented the loss of Robert Suarez and the…
Based on Daily Sports Column (Japanese) / デイリースポーツの連載コラムから So, Major League Baseball owners were unable to reach an agreement with the players’ association. The result is that the collective bargaining agreement that expired on December 1, 2021, has not been replaced by a new one, and the owners, who locked the players out the very…
Based on T-Ray’s Daily Sports Column / デイリースポーツの連載コラム”トレバーの虎場”から Quiz: What do Yusuke Ohyama, Naomasa Yohkawa, Masashi Itoh, Ren Satoh, and Yukiya Saitoh have, but Teruaki Sato and Jo Endo lack? As an extra hint, Fumiya Hojoh both has and lacks this certain something. The answer is H. This may be a completely nonsensical article, but…
As seen in Daily Sports (Japanese) / デイリースポーツの連載コラム・トレバーの虎場から Happy New Year everyone! I hope that your 2022, the Year of the Tiger(s), is a much more prosperous year than last year was. It seems as though Covid-19 is not going away any time soon, which means we have to remain vigilant against its contagious nature….
As seen in Daily Sports Online (Japanese) / デイリースポーツの連載コラムから I want to introduce you to my friend, John. He and I met around five years ago when we were two of the only foreigners in attendance at a Stryper concert in Osaka. What I found out about John that day was that when he has…
As seen in Daily Sports Online (Japanese only) / デイリースポーツオンライン連載コラム・トレバーの虎場から I’ve been doing a lot of thinking since last Tuesday night’s anti-climactic loss mathematically eliminated the Hanshin Tigers from winning the pennant in 2021. Which Tigers fan has NOT been doing a lot of thinking??? Why could we not seal the deal? How long will…
Based on my Daily Sports Column (Japanese) / トレバーの虎場（デイリースポーツ）の連載コラムから Well, September was a real letdown of a month for the Hanshin Tigers, wasn’t it? Actually, though, they finished with a winning record (10-9-4), though you would never guess it based on the numbers or the mood in Kansai. Those numbers included… only 10 home runs,…
As Seen in Daily Sports (Japanese) / デイリースポーツオンラインのコラムから I’ve only been following Japanese professional baseball for seven years, but in some ways, I am a kind of “veteran” in the foreign NPB fan society. Often when new fans come in, the first things they ask about are some of the major differences between the “new”…
Based on the Daily Sports Column (Japanese) / トレバーの虎場（デイリースポーツ）から “You’d be perfect for the job. Why don’t you look into it?” My wife’s friend not only made the suggestion but also set me up with an interview to be a driver for a certain media outlet during the Tokyo 2020 (2021?) Olympics. Being the laid-back…