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2017 All-Star Voting – Vote Daily Until June 18!

2017 All-Star Voting – Vote Daily Until June 18!

VOTING TOTALS UPDATED JUNE 16 You want Hanshin Tigers players in the All-Star Games this year, right? Last year we had 4 guys on the team, none of whom were voted in by fans (they were selected by the CL Manager): Fumihito Haraguchi, Shun Takayama, Shintaro Fujinami and Yuta Iwasada. Check this out, though. We’ve got…

@ Giants – May 9-10 – Clas sic Series Split

@ Giants – May 9-10 – Clas sic Series Split

They call it “The Classic Series” (伝統の一戦) any time the Hanshin Tigers face the Yomiuri Giants. This two-game mini-series was a chance for Hanshin to keep its strong momentum against the league’s better teams. But there was one problem: Giants’ pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano was coming off three straight complete game shutouts. Could the Cats stop…