A couple of weeks ago, I was able to chat on FaceTime with Tigers’ legend Gene Bacque. As a rookie Tigers’ fan, I only found out about Mr. Bacque by accident when I was researching the history of the Eiji Sawamura Award. A few Google searches later I found a way to contact him, and we have…
As the season was heading into its final month and the Tigers fighting to catch the Yomiuri Giants (who had won 8 straight Nippon Series at this point), the Tigers faced the Chunichi Dragons at Koshien Stadium. Young ace Yutaka Enatsu (25) was on the mound, and he pitched a game for the ages. In…
Date: April 17, 1985 Other than winning the championship in 1985, this is undoubtedly the most talked about moment in Hanshin Tigers’ history. Up to this point, the team had a 50-year history (35 in the two-league era) and still no championship to speak of. This particular season, though, boasted one of its finest-hitting lineups ever….