You want Randy Messenger to play in his first ever NPB All-Star Game, right? Last year we were well represented, with Marcos Mateo, Ryutaro Umeno, Takashi Toritani and Yoshio Itoi being voted in. Takumi Akiyama also got selected by the CL Manager. Here are the results of the voting so far, as of June 11:…
When you’re playing on a field with smaller dimensions, against a team that’s not know for its pitching (the Yakult Swallows), you have to take advantage. And that’s exactly what the Tigers did. A couple of bombs and their first 10+ hit game in two weeks, and you’ve no longer got a losing streak on your…
There really isn’t much to talk about in this game. The Tigers were desperate to break out of their season-long 4-game losing streak, and had their mighty ace on the mound to try to get it done. He was about as good as ever, and was fairly close to completing the game on his own….
With a huge win on Tuesday and our best pitcher due up on the mound today, it looked like the Tigers might be well on their way to avenging a sweep at Koshien by these same Yomiuri Giants just a few weeks back. But a couple of judgment lapses by the sophomoric third baseman might…
The Tigers’ bullpen has to be enjoying the Golden Week holiday. Despite the team being slated to play nine games in nine days, the combination of Takumi Akiyama‘s complete game on Tuesday with Wednesday’s rainout means the pen had little to do the last little while. And with our big ace on the mound on…
Once again, the team’s most dependable pitcher came through when needed the most. In fact, the only run the bad guys got against him were assisted by some shaky fielding on our part. The bats took just enough advantage of the Swallows inferior pitching to make this one a no-doubter. The losing streak stops at…
The Tigers got some extra rest thanks to yesterday’s rainout, and they showed a lot of rust in the field and at the plate for much of the game. But when it rained, it poured, and one big inning was enough to counterbalance all the mistakes made by the fielders. Starting Pitchers: Randy Messenger (2-1,…
Original article can be seen here 元の記事はこちら Hanshin pitcher Randy Messenger (36) received domestic free agency status on April 16th. Here is his press conference: Congratulations on earning domestic free agency status. Arigato gozaimasu. About Hanshin… I’m really proud of the fact that I am the first import in team history to get free agent…
Original article can be found here 元の記事はこちら Tigers pitcher Randy Messenger (36) was ejected from Thursday’s game in the second inning for arguing with an umpire. The team couldn’t recover from losing their ace so early, and ended up being trounced by the Carp. With 11 games in the books, the Tigers 6-5 record, which…
The game can be boiled down to an early ejection of our pitcher and a lack of hitting by our batters. You really don’t need to read on. Starting Pitchers: Randy Messenger (2-0, 0.60 ERA) vs. Akitake Okada (1-0, 3.00 ERA) 1 A hard-fought walk, a lucky error, and a single by Yoshio Itoi loaded…