Wow, that was some break between baseball games! The Tigers sat on the sidelines for the past three days, waiting for the rains to stop and the flooding threat to go away. At long last on Sunday night, they started their “series” against the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. Unfortunately, the bats stayed in their holsters much…
Source: Tospo In light of Shintaro Fujinami‘s recent struggles, particularly at Koshien Stadium (where he is winless since April 27, 2017), the Hanshin Tigers club has asked that fans tone down (or completely stop) their jeering of the young thin-skinned ace. Apparently, Fujinami has gone as far as to tell one of his friends that…
The Tigers came back to Koshien on Tuesday and laid an egg against the Chunichi Dragons on Tuesday. The weather was gloomy after that, too, and it looked as though the rest of the series would be rained out… but somehow they squeezed in the game on Wednesday. Speaking of squeezes, everyone’s favorite catcher came…
Host T-Ray is joined by co-host Jake to talk about the past two weeks of baseball action. They also pick their hitters & pitchers of the month, talk about all the recent news, and make an attempt to explain why the Tigers bats have suddenly come to life. Also, T-Ray gives some details of…
The Hanshin Tigers received great news on Monday, as ninth year import pitcher Randy Messenger was named to his first ever all-star team. He was also joined by Kento Itohara (first time) and Yuta Iwasada (second time). Yoshio Itoi was voted in by the players. (Unfortunately, Itoi has been diagnosed with a broken bone in…
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows had an incredible interleague mini-season. In fact, they became just the second Central League team to finish with a better record than all PL teams. They looked to parlay that momentum into a spot near the top of the CL standings, but if the Tigers have their way, it will be…
Here’s a look at my Hanshin calendar, which highlights the birthdays of Hanshin players past and present, as well as the game schedule for the this month of baseball. (A clearer look at the schedule can also be seen here, with updated results as they come). Also, check out July 30, which represents a historic…
Life as a Tigers fan had been pretty depressing for much of June. Surprisingly, one of the few teams we’ve had success against this season is the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. Thanks to them (really, thanks to some untimely errors) we were able to put that 5-game losing streak behind us. SWEEP! Game 66: Brought to…
By now, you’ve probably noticed that I am not particularly fond of Hanshin manager Tomoaki Kanemoto. I liked him some in his first year, though he was really learning the job on the fly. In his second year, he started to come into his own, but he also started grating on my nerves, as heard in Episode…
See “original” Daily Sports article here / デイリースポーツの日本語版はこちら As a university lecturer, I hear a lot about my students’ lives outside of school. The most common thing my freshmen talk about is their part-time jobs. It makes sense – for most of them, this is their first time earning any sort of income, and it’s…