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Game 134 @ Giants: Just Don’t Lose, Baby!

Game 134 @ Giants: Just Don’t Lose, Baby!

Yuki Nishi really did not have his best stuff tonight. He did not have his health, either, it seems. After giving up two runs and recording only five outs, he left the game and was replaced by Kosuke Baba. Then Masashi Itoh. Then Raul Alcantara. All the relievers did a good job, allowing just one…

2021 Post-Draft Report

2021 Post-Draft Report

Post-draft reports from 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015 For the third straight year, Hanshin manager Akihiro Yano did not divulge the team’s direction as to which player they would enter the sweepstakes for in Round 1 of the draft, which took place on Monday, October 11 in Tokyo. Once again, each club had…

Game 112 @ Swallows: Campoo stinks!

Game 112 @ Swallows: Campoo stinks!

Despite getting the leadoff man on base five times tonight, the Tigers bats were simply unable to push anyone across home plate. That is mostly because the same three guys kept getting on base, but the rest of the batters did pretty much nothing. Great outing by rookie Masashi Itoh goes to waste. Swallows win,…

Game 101 vs. Dragons: A Win’s A Win…

Game 101 vs. Dragons: A Win’s A Win…

Neither of these teams looked like the ones that combined for 27 hits and 13 runs on Tuesday. Perhaps that is a good thing, though, as it was getting a little old seeing our team falling deep into holes early in games. This time around, Masashi Itoh pitched masterfully, with the lone run he surrendered…

Game 80 vs. Giants: When it Rains, It Pours

Game 80 vs. Giants: When it Rains, It Pours

Unfortunately, it neither rained nor poured at Koshien Stadium on this day. It would have helped if the game had been called before the fifth inning because at no point during these nine innings did it look like our guys were going to pull off the win. Masashi Itoh walked three and plunked one in…