Original article can be seen here 元の記事はこちら Seung-hwan Oh (33), who played for the Hanshin Tigers until the end of this season, underwent interrogations for illegal gambling activities in Seoul, South Korea on the 9th. According to local media, he has admitted to part of the allegations against him. Hanshin, who suspended their negotiations to…
Original article can be found here 元の記事はこちら Another huge tremor is shaking the Hanshin area. Pitcher Seung-hwan Oh (33), who has completed his 2-year contract with the Tigers and is being begged to come back, is being summoned to be investigated concerning illegal gambling overseas, reports Korean media. All the Korean newspapers were reporting this…
The Hanshin Tigers started their 2015 season with one goal: winning the Central League pennant in their memorial 80th year as a franchise. Despite finishing 7 games behind the champion Yomiuri Giants and just a half game ahead of the Hiroshima Carp in 2014, the team made no significant offseason moves. In fact, officials pointed…
Co-hosts T-Ray and Whiz-Oh talk about newly appointed manager Tomoaki Kanemoto, the new coaching staff, players who have retired or been cut, potential departures as well as players likely to be back in 2016. We also talk about other players who have made the headlines in the last two weeks, and quickly look at the…
They should not be here. And yet here they are. After last Sunday’s loss to the Carp in a game that could have clinched third place, the Tigers were left to hope the lowly Chunichi Dragons would knock off the hungry and surging Carp on Wednesday night to break the tie for third. With 50-year…
The losing streak was at four. First place was far in the distance, second was looking unlikely, and it seemed like a matter of time before third would slip away as well. The Tigers were back to being a .500 team and were heading into enemy territory, where they had not fared well. Then the…
Just avoid the September sputter. That’s all the Tigers had to do in order to hold on to first and clinch their first pennant in a decade. But the final month of regular season play has not been a good one for the Tigers in recent years, and this year was starting to look like…
Co-hosts T-Ray and Whiz-Oh talk about the Dragons single game, Baystars and Swallows mini-series, our Player of the Week selections, Wada Disaster, what to do with the current foreigners for 2016, and predictions for the upcoming week. Opening song – 君は君だけ: Kimi wa Kimi dake (Hakugaijin) Closing song – 夕焼け: Yuuyake (Aki Bubeck – Ukulele Punk Girl)…
Once again I had the privilege of attending a game with a good friend and being able to sit in a good section. I was 17 rows behind the Tigers’ dugout, so I got to see the players coming off the field every inning, high fiving each other, and so on. Tonight our opponent was…
The lead had evaporated. With 18 games to go, the most crucial games of the season started in this series. How would the team respond? Could they defeat the underachieving Carp? Take back first place? Let’s see how this one played out. Game 1: I was able to watch this one from the first base…