Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay discuss team news, the last eight games of preseason Tigers baseball, and preview the Tigers’ five opponents in the Central League. Guest appearances by friends from other social media accounts! In the post-show show, they preview the interview conducted with Brian Keller and also unveil the 2023 H-TEN slogan. Check it…
Host T-Ray and Sanjay are joined by Scott, founder & curator of the Chunichi Dragons English blog. Follow him on Twitter too! (@dragonsoulblog). We break down what all the other CL teams have been up to this offseason, and what they look like heading into the regular season. Also, you have just a few precious…
T-Ray talks about the upcoming series with the Hiroshima Carp! Find out more about the enemy and the weekend ahead…
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We faced these Carp right after interleague in 2016. Lost three straight. We faced these Carp right after interleague in 2017. Lost two and had one rain out. History repeats itself. Friday: 3-5 Saturday: 3-11 Sunday: 6-11 You wanna read more about the series in which we never held the lead once? Scored one run in the…
We lost. We walked a ton of guys, many of whom came around to score. We got one home run again from a young, recent call-up. That is all. Starting Pitchers: Taiki Ono (3-0, 3.00 ERA) vs. Daichi Ohsera (4-2, 2.27 ERA) 2 Ono allowed a hit, a walk, and a beaning before giving up…
I turned on my TV at 6:30 and the score was 0-6. I turned it off and ate dinner. Turned it back on (oh, but why?) and the score was 0-9. Turned it off for good. Forget the Hanshin Tigers. Nothing can spoil my great mood today. 1st Period It was a winner-take-all scenario in…
The Tigers’ 2018 slogan is 執念 (shunen = tenacity). But up to this point, the team has really failed to show resilience in most of its games. But the boys managed to grit out a W to finish the month of April on a positive note. And the hero was our new import slugger, who…
Yesterday’s game saw our pitcher walking theirs, and ultimately giving up a home run in the same inning. We couldn’t possibly repeat the same mistake in the very next game. Could we? (Cue the cricket sound effect.) Oh, and that was just one morale killer that came after a defensive mistake. *SIGH* Starting Pitchers: Atsushi…
There was a lot of excitement about this young Tigers team, particularly the first two draft picks in 2016. The team’s future slugger and ace, respectively, had great springs. But this is one game I’m sure both of them would rather forget… Starting Pitchers: Taiki Ono vs. Kris Johnson 1 Amazing! We’re stealing bases again!…