As seen in Daily Sports / デイリースポーツのコラム（トレバーの虎場）から Teruaki Sato. The young man who plays like he’s already in his prime. Does interviews like he’s been there, done that a thousand times before. Brings excitement to the stands (empty though they may be) and the nation like no one has in ages, if ever. Gives dreams…
Manager Akihiro Yano decides to give cleanup hitter Yusuke Ohyama the day off. Rookie Teruaki Sato gets his first start at third base, where he played his whole college career but where has yet to play a regular-season inning as a pro. And let’s give him the responsibility of batting fourth, too. Looks like a…
Takumi Akiyama had much to atone for after his last outing, a disastrous one against the Giants. For the game’s first seven innings, he did just that. And the bats sprayed a bunch of singles and watched a lot of bad pitches by Aren Kuri, which enabled them to piece together a bunch of early…
The Tigers hate Nagoya Dome. You can rename it whatever you want (and they have — it is now Vantelin Dome Nagoya), but we simply struggle to score runs under that bubble. Sure, golden rookie Teruaki Sato has enough power to practically hit one through the roof… but what about the rest of the lineup?…
Friday night, a boatload of walks and a pair of errors extended the Tigers’ losing streak to three, and ended the Baystars’ winless streak at 12. Saturday, the Baystars got thumped HARD. On this day, the lead changed hands four times, once thanks to a pair of defensive blunders by the visiting team – a…
If Friday’s loss left a bad taste in the mouth of Tigers’ fans, you’d better believe it did the same to the Tigers’ players. And they made the Baystars pitchers in particular pay the price. This one was a no-doubter from the onset, and though I was in attendance, I missed the first inning, which…
These Hanshin Tigers starting pitchers keep getting the job done. Entering tonight’s game, Takumi Akiyama was the “worst” of the rotation with a 2.75 ERA. All he did was go out and pitch 7 shutout innings to lower that number to 1.80 (which is still just 4th best on the staff). And as for the…
Because of persistent rain on Tuesday night, Hanshin Tigers fans had to wait an extra evening to see a rematch between ace pitchers Masato Morishita and Yuki Nishi. Last time, the sophomore in red did just enough to get the win, as the Tigers dropped a 1-0 decision in Hiroshima. This time, things would be…
Anyone who has been a Hanshin Tigers fan in recent years knows that Yokohama Stadium is like our home away from home. (In the past five seasons, the Baystars were 170W 110L = .607 at home against the other 10 NPB teams, but just 18W 39L = .315 against Hanshin.) The trend continued on Friday…
Big game from our #2 hitter and #6 (?) starter as the Tigers avoid a series sweep in Hiroshima.