From T-Ray’s Daily Sports Column (Japanese) デイリースポーツ のコラムはこちら Summer has really hit hard the last few days here in Kansai. It’s hot, but more importantly, the Tigers have gotten hot, too! Those June Tigers (2-8 record on the month) appear to have vanished, and it’s a ton of fun watching them win a lot of…
The Hanshin Tigers have announced, along with the rest of NPB, that it will allow a maximum of 5,000 fans to attend games between July 10 and 31. Depending on how well COVID-19 is contained at that point, stadiums could be allowed to operate at half-capacity from August 1 onward. The Tigers end their long…
WARNING! Sound quality unintentionally reflects Hanshin’s record. It is very poor. If you stop listening part-way through, or just pass on this one altogether, we completely understand. Our apologies in advance. Host T-Ray is joined Sanjay as they discuss all of the ugly play from the season’s first 9 games. They choose player(s) of the…
This is not the way any Hanshin fans expected the season to begin. After a strong showing in March (7-3-2) and June practice games (5-3-3), it looked like enough players were firing on all cylinders to give this team a shot at another 2003 or 2005 type of season. Everyone seemed to be hitting the…
Former Hanshin star Matt Murton (2010-15) has been doing a lot of online talks with current NPB imports during the pandemic. He did a few with Spencer Patton (Yokohama DeNA BayStars) and Steven Moya (Orix Buffaloes), but this time he hooked up with two new Tigers: outfielder Jerry Sands and reliever Jon Edwards! Have a…
Also seen in Daily Sports / デイリースポーツのコラム（トレバーの虎場) There are two things I have gotten plenty sick of since becoming a Hanshin Tigers fan six years ago. The first is the constant beatings at the hand of the Yomiuri Giants. In fact, when I first started this column at the start of the 2018 season, the…
A strong effort from starting pitcher Yuki Nishi, including a home run and an RBI double, went for naught as the birthday boy, Suguru Iwazaki, served up a home run in the bottom of the seventh. Tigers drop the season opener in a close one at Tokyo Dome. [event_full id=”15505″ align=”none”]
It’s game time! Watch this before opening pitch if you can squeeze it in!
It’s been three months in the making (well, it was corona-delayed), but T-Ray, JD and Sanjay are here to bring you their fearless forecasts for the 2020 season! They are also joined by 10 NPB fans who chime in (some narrated by us, some spoken by them) with their own best guesses. We also make…
Host T-Ray is joined by JD and Sanjay as they discuss the past three months of inaction, recap a few friendly preseason games, and talk about the players that need to make a difference in 2020. Finally, the annual Central League predictions contest has been announced as well! Get details here or check the site…