No franchise should be proud of the fact that it has just one Japan Series championship in 69 years. And yet, you won’t find a baseball team prouder of its win than the Hanshin Tigers. But is that a testament to the lameness of the franchise, or is there more to it than that? The…
Original Article (also written by T-Ray) can be Found Here デイリースポーツの記事はこちら There’s some validity to people boasting that the proof of their Hanshin Tigers fandom is in their fan club membership. But then, all that really requires is a few hundred yen a month, and if you attend enough games, your investment pays for itself…
T-Ray is joined by co-host Jake for the final episode of the 2018 season. They discuss the announcement of Akihiro Yano as new manager, the amateur draft that took place on the 25th, and end the show with a look back at 2018 through the second ever H-TEN Awards. Recorded on October 27, 2018…
New manager Akihiro Yano performed his first (high-profile) duty as a manager on Thursday, making decisions for the future of the Hanshin Tigers at the 2018 Amateur Draft. The thing about drafts is, there’s no way of knowing if the picks were good until several years later. But before the draft, having cut three infielders…
This post will be updated as the offseason progresses. Some players have already been cut, while others are in the evaluation process. The table below lists players that have officially been released by the club, as well as some that T-Ray and Jake predicted (or hoped) would be canned during Episode 87 of the podcast.
Original Articles Here, Here and Here. Japan Times English Article Here The Hanshin Tigers announced on the 15th the promotion of farm manager Akihiro Yano (49) to managerial duties on the top squad. This came on the heels of Tomoaki Kanemoto‘s resignation announcement on the 11th. The two were teammates at Tohoku Fukushi University 30…
T-Ray is joined by Jake to talk about the end of the season, including the resignation (dismissal?) of manager Tomoaki Kanemoto. They discuss his reign, his legacy, and his potential replacement. Then they analyze what went wrong in 2018 – how did last year’s promising second-place finish yield a spot in the basement? Feel…
Original Article Can Be Seen Here 元の記事はこちら Expectations Always High for Giants and Tigers Hanshin Manager Kanemoto Press Conference Hanshin Tigers manager Tomoaki Kanemoto (50) stood before the press corps at the club office in Nishinomiya on October 11, where he announced he was resigning effective at season’s end. ***** When did you notify the…
It’s been a long season, has it not? The truth of the matter is, the team looked pretty good during the first half of the “Road of Death” August schedule, while yours truly was away on vacation, but soon thereafter played absolutely pathetic baseball. I’m not sure “pathetic” covers it. From August 19 onwards, they…
Wednesday night in Hiroshima, Randy Messenger left the mound after six innings of work, and down a run to the Carp. He had just set the NPB all-time record for career strikeouts by an import. His strikeout of Seiya Suzuki was the 1416th of his NPB career, one ahead of Genji Kaku, a Taiwanese native…