This is a placeholder post, as the third game of this series will be played at the end of the interleague schedule because it was rained out on Tuesday. The Tigers played quite uninspired ball on Wednesday and Thursday, though. Despite 16 base runners in the first game, only two crossed home. And despite five…
Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay give you all the latest team news, recap the last nine games of Hanshin Tigers baseball, give the manager a ribbing, and let you know all you need to know about our first three opponents during interleague (Nippon-Ham Fighters, Chiba Lotte Marines, Rakuten Eagles)! Recorded on: May 20, 2024 Become a…
Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay discuss team news, the Shintaro Fujinami experiment in Oakland, the last eleven games of Tigers baseball, select their players of the month for May, and give you the lowdown on our final three interleague opponents: the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, Orix Buffaloes, and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks! Recorded on: June 5, 2023 Also,…
Back in April when the Tigers were struggling worse than any team in NPB, my friend Steve said this series would be a battle between the two worst teams in NPB. He wasn’t wrong. In fact, I distinctly told him that by June 3, the Tigers would not be worse than the Fighters, at the…
Life has been extremely busy for me, but not so busy that I can’t take in the occasional game at Koshien Stadium. This was, in fact, my first one since a disappointing 0-1 loss to the Hiroshima Carp back on April 10. When the starter was announced yesterday as Aaron Wilkerson I was stoked. When…
After a lot of rain and mediocrity during the week at Koshien, the Tigers took their act on the road for the final week of interleague play. First stop: Sapporo Dome to face the resurgent Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. Given the powerful bats they have, Hanshin would need theirs to come out and play, plus…
Let’s look back on the past 3 weeks, in which we played against the six Pacific League teams. We’ll go through the numbers, starting with… 0 – The number of runs allowed in 24 innings pitched by Randy Messenger. He shut out the Saitama Seibu Lions for 7 innings, then the Nippon Ham Fighters for 8,…
While sweeping the Lotte Marines would have been ideal, winning the last two of the series was enough to give the Tigers a little momentum and confidence heading into the hardest part of the interleague schedule. They would host the first place Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters over the weekend, and are scheduled to wrap up…