From the Daily Sports Online column / デイリースポーツオンラインの連載コラムから You know you’ve found the perfect job when you find yourself shaking your head going, “I can’t believe I get paid to do this. Honestly, I’d do it for free.” At the end of February, I found myself in exactly that situation. (Don’t tell my boss what…
Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay give you the latest news, focusing on the foreigners a little, recap the spring training exhibition games, and then recount the awesome week that T-Ray had down in Okinawa being a tour guide for JapanBall (www.japanball.com)! Recorded on: February 29, 2024 Become a Patron and receive rewards! patreon.com/thehanshintigers Contact us at:…
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…
This is the team’s first spring training in Okinawa as defending champions! It is interesting to see which players are going full throttle from the start, and which will take things a bit more slowly at the second squad camp. Read on for tentative schedules and rosters for both camps, which are approximately 30 minutes…
New manager, new farm camp location! That’s right! No longer will our young horticulturalists be freezing their crops in Kochi Prefecture in February. Read on for tentative schedules and rosters for both camps, which are now approximately 30 minutes apart by car! Wednesday, February 1 – Monday, February 27 Scheduled days off: February 3 (Fri),…
Host T-Ray and crew (JD & Sanjay) give you updates on the team upon their completion of spring training in Okinawa/Kochi. Then they discuss which players should get the bulk of the playing time at which position in 2021, based on last year and what went down at camp. Also, the Central League prediction contest…
New decade, new hope! Akihiro Yano and the Hanshin Tigers will be opening camp in just over a week. The club has announced which players are going to be starting at which campground. Keep in mind, call-ups and send-downs are possible during the month… Anyhow, here is the basic schedule and squad divisions for this…
Japanese version on Daily Sports here / デイリースポーツのコラムはこちら Spring training! Yes, I know… it’s still winter. Snow monkeys are still bathing in hot springs. Polar bears are still snoring. Birds are still suntanning down south. Not to worry, feathered friends! The felines are flying south to Okinawa and will join you in paradise soon! Ah,…
Camp is over! The team packed up late this morning and are on their way back to mainland. Exhibition season up here starts on March 3 (in Fukuoka, where they’re selling “open seating” all-you-can-eat tickets for ¥2500) and runs through the 25th. Looking forward to see how the field and mound start to take shape!…
We’re most of the way through this long meal called Spring Training. The fifth course is now in the books, and on this, Wilin Rosario‘s 29th birthday, we bring you the news of the past 3 days. First, Rosario took some time during batting practice to teach struggling outfielder Taiga Egoshi about hitting. We can…