The Hanshin Tigers have been hard at work down in Okinawa. Camp started on February 1, and runs through the 27th. Starting this weekend, practice games will become more frequent, and we will see which players are going to get more playing time during the March exhibition games, and which will end up in the…
Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay share the team’s latest news, including the scoop on the four import players, and Shintaro Fujinami’s signing, and then discuss some of the factors that might result in the team not repeating as CL champs this year. Don’t worry – Episode 192 will look at the flip side of this issue!…
Source: Hanshin Official Note: Javy Guerra speaks Spanish as his native language, so his answers are essentially an English translation of the Japanese interpretation of his original answer. There may be slight discrepancies between what he said and what I have written here. ―Please tell us how you’re feeling right now. JG: I’m happy to…
Sources: Hanshin Official / Daily Sports The Hanshin Tigers announced on November 30 that they have reached an agreement with right-handed Panamanian pitcher Javy Guerra. The 28-year-old will wear #00 and his contract is estimated to be worth one million US dollars (¥147 million). Guerra sent the following comment on to Japan: “Nice to meet…
A mysterious decision to call Friday’s game because of rain that never came meant this series was just a two-gamer. The first one was a tight game, and the Tigers kind of blew a big chance in the bottom of the sixth inning. Having already tied the game on a Yusuke Ohyama RBI double, there…
Interleague has taught us an important lesson. Our relievers are good, but they aren’t invincible. For the third time in 10 days, Atsuki Yuasa came into the game with a lead, and left the field with the loss (or tie). On the whole, it was a good series (pitchers’ duel on Tuesday, big production from…
The end of the pandemic (for all intents and purposes) means not only cheering at baseball games, but also the return of countryside-hosted games! The Tigers headed to Toyohashi on Tuesday, where the Dragons hosted them and allowed 9 runs. Seems like the Tigers would fare much better there than at hollow, cavernous Vantelin Dome….
The weekend forecast for much of Japan called for rain… and it seems whenever the Tigers play in Hiroshima, precipitation comes into play. This weekend was no different. The first game (Friday night) saw the skies start spitting down water towards game’s end, but not in time to wash out a marvelous performance from starter…
If you are a new fan and are not particularly familiar with the team, let this be your introduction! We are going to break down the entire roster for you very briefly so you can get a feel for who is whom, what they have done, and what they might do in 2023 and beyond….
Source: Tigers Official Johan Mieses, a 27-year-old outfielder from the Dominican Republic, is the first of the overseas Hanshin Tigers to arrive in Japan. A press conference was held for him on the 27th in Nishinomiya. Here is a partial transcript. ーHow do you feel now that you’re a member of the Hanshin Tigers? I’m…