olympics

Toreba no Toraba: Keep the Faith!

Toreba no Toraba: Keep the Faith!

Based on my Daily Sports Column (Japanese) / トレバーの虎場(デイリースポーツ)の連載コラムから Well, September was a real letdown of a month for the Hanshin Tigers, wasn’t it? Actually, though, they finished with a winning record (10-9-4), though you would never guess it based on the numbers or the mood in Kansai. Those numbers included… only 10 home runs,…

Episode 133: Call Up the Good Farmers!

Episode 133: Call Up the Good Farmers!

Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay discuss the latest team news and recap the past 9 games of Tigers baseball. Then they discuss what roster and strategic moves they would like to see the team make as the pennant race heats up. Also, here’s a short talk we did after we recorded the show! The topic: What…

Olympics Report – A Gold Medal Night

Olympics Report – A Gold Medal Night

If you read the last column, you know that I was a driver for a certain media outlet during these Tokyo Olympics. Well, honestly, the job itself was pretty boring, even disappointing, for me. Some of my fellow drivers took media crews (and even players) to venues and had some pretty fun experiences, even getting…

Toreba no Toraba: Lessons of an Olympic Driver

Toreba no Toraba: Lessons of an Olympic Driver

Based on the Daily Sports Column (Japanese) / トレバーの虎場(デイリースポーツ)から “You’d be perfect for the job. Why don’t you look into it?” My wife’s friend not only made the suggestion but also set me up with an interview to be a driver for a certain media outlet during the Tokyo 2020 (2021?) Olympics. Being the laid-back…

Toreba no Toraba: The Olympics, NBC, Koshien and Me

Toreba no Toraba: The Olympics, NBC, Koshien and Me

As seen on Daily Sports Online (Japanese) / トレバーの虎場から The decision to go through with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has been a controversial one, and has been as full of questionable political moves as everything else during this pandemic. To be completely honest with you, I have been against Tokyo 2020 from the start, and…