Former Hanshin star Matt Murton (2010-15) has been doing a lot of online talks with current NPB imports during the pandemic. He did a few with Spencer Patton (Yokohama DeNA BayStars) and Steven Moya (Orix Buffaloes), but this time he hooked up with two new Tigers: outfielder Jerry Sands and reliever Jon Edwards! Have a…
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…
A strong effort from starting pitcher Yuki Nishi, including a home run and an RBI double, went for naught as the birthday boy, Suguru Iwazaki, served up a home run in the bottom of the seventh. Tigers drop the season opener in a close one at Tokyo Dome. [event_full id=”15505″ align=”none”]
It’s been three months in the making (well, it was corona-delayed), but T-Ray, JD and Sanjay are here to bring you their fearless forecasts for the 2020 season! They are also joined by 10 NPB fans who chime in (some narrated by us, some spoken by them) with their own best guesses. We also make…
Host T-Ray is joined by JD and Sanjay as they discuss the past three months of inaction, recap a few friendly preseason games, and talk about the players that need to make a difference in 2020. Finally, the annual Central League predictions contest has been announced as well! Get details here or check the site…
Tora (虎) = Tiger Kichi (キチ) = short for kichigai (気違い) = lunatic We are… Episode 003: Baseball’s Back! The long baseball — and Two Talkin’ Torakichi — hiatus is over! Good to be back, isn’t it, my good man? Indeed over my friend!! Feels good to be back talking Tigers baseball and I couldn’t…
Japanese Column in Daily Sports / トレバーの虎場から Yesterday, I learned that the relationship between players and fans is a fundamental element of professional baseball. Though Opening Day has been delayed by nearly 3 months, and it’s caused a lot of boredom in its fans, I’m sure many of the players feel a hole in their…
Japanese baseball fans, the wait is almost over. On the same day that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced an end to the nationwide state of emergency, Commissioner Atsushi Saito made an official announcement about the start of the season. All twelve teams will open the 2020 season in empty stadiums on Friday, June 19. This…
The way things have been going in the world recently, the timing of reviewing this book seems apt. Do you remember Japanese baseball? It really hasn’t been that long since we’ve watched the game, but it sure feels that way. This “time off” has given me an opportunity to read through a book that I…
Source: デイリースポーツ トレバーの虎場 Go away, COVID-19! You’ve kept baseball away from us long enough, already! It’s bad enough that you scared us with Shintaro Fujinami and friends, plus ex-coach Atsushi Kataoka. But to keep us baseball fans in limbo this long… well, that’s just cruel. (Not to mention millions of infections worldwide.) As a Hanshin…