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Seven Tigers Voted to All-Star Team!

Seven Tigers Voted to All-Star Team!

I’m not sure if you all followed my guide and did your part, but fans across Japan (and around the world) made their wishes known, and the result is seven… SEVEN Hanshin Tigers getting voted into the All-Star games, which will take place on July 16 and 17 (Saitama & Sendai, respectively). Keep in mind…

Game 64 @ Dragons: Our Samurai Bests Theirs!

Game 64 @ Dragons: Our Samurai Bests Theirs!

Today was a showdown of two pitchers who recently were named to the Japanese Olympic baseball team: Koyo Aoyagi and Yudai Ohno. One has gotten very little recognition despite a fairly solid couple of years. The other won the Eiji Sawamura Award last season. It didn’t matter, though, as our guys pieced together a nice…

Game 63 vs. Giants: Couldn’t Cash In

Game 63 vs. Giants: Couldn’t Cash In

Takumi Akiyama put his best foot forward, but one bad pitch cost him in the sixth. Teruaki Sato continues to wow the nation, getting multiple hits, including another home run (tying him for second-highest rookie total in team history with Akinobu Okada). The rest of the team? Well, they created a few good scoring chances,…

Game 62 vs. Giants: They Touched Them All x 3

Game 62 vs. Giants: They Touched Them All x 3

Masashi Itoh has been a pleasant surprise as a rookie pitcher, but other teams have made him pay for his mistakes. Today was no exception, as two Giants hitters took him deep. A third took Shintaro Fujinami to dead center. Teruaki Sato’s completion of home runs against every other CL team in his rookie year?…

Game 58 @ Eagles: Blue Goat and Marte McFly

Game 58 @ Eagles: Blue Goat and Marte McFly

For just the second time in 2021 (I think), the Hanshin Tigers game was not on network TV in Kansai. As a result, I have very little to say about this game except that Koyo Aoyagi pitched a gem, allowing just one earned run in eight innings, and Jefry Marte hit the go-ahead two-run home…

Suarez, Sato Named CL Players of the Month

Suarez, Sato Named CL Players of the Month

Source: Tigers Official Website Hanshin Tigers reliever Robert Suarez and infielder Teruaki Sato were named Central League pitcher and hitter (respectively) of the month for May. Suarez appeared in 12 games as the team’s closer, recording saves in nine games, including saves in seven straight mound appearances. He allowed just five hits all month, walked…