Original article can be seen here 元の記事はこちら Winners of the Central and Pacific League “Players of the Month” Awards were announced. Hanshin pitcher Randy Messenger (35) won the Central League award for the second time in his career, his first since July 2013. He leads the league with 4 wins and 37 strikeouts. He becomes…
FYI – Koi Nobori is a type of carp streamer that people put up during Golden Week. Hanshin took down the carp, hence, Koi Kudari. In Episode 60, T-Ray shares the latest team news, recaps the 6 games over the past week (3 @ Swallows, 3 vs. Carp), chooses a player of the week, a Wacky Tomoaki…
Golden Week ended up being quite the golden week for Hanshin. With a stadium full of kids cheering them on, and a scoreboard with every name written in hiragana (syllabic Japanese, much easier for children to read than kanji), the players put on performances that gave every kid in attendance hopes and dreams for their…
T-Ray is back with his friend Scott to talk about the game of the year, the decade, the club’s entire existence, really. Check it out!
If you want to read more about the Yakult Swallows, click here. There is definitely no lost love between these two teams. Last time the two faced off, a brawl ensued that will surely be talked about throughout the season, and will make highlight shows for years to come. Hanshin took that series after losing…
Kakehashi Sports – Stylish Hanshin Merchandise Well, not necessarily these particular shirts – they’ve already been on my back, and you’ll probably want something new. Not to mention, even though I like Mauro Gomez and all, he’s not even a member of the team anymore. And Ryota Arai may not be far behind, either. In…
T-Ray shares the latest team news, recaps the 5 games over the past week (2 vs. BayStars, 3 vs. Dragons), chooses a player of the week, a hitter and pitcher of the month. A new theme song introduces Wacky Tomoaki, and then for the hot topic, T-Ray looks at some of the big (good and bad)…
Vs. Chunichi Dragons @ Koshien Stadium Hanshin faced lefties Valdes (Tuesday), Jordan (Wednesday) and Ohno (Thursday) the last time these teams met earlier this month. With starters usually pitching the same day of the week (6 man rotation and Mondays off), one would have expected to face completely different guys this time around, But… Game…
I was fortunate enough to have pretty good seats at Thursday night’s Hanshin vs. Yokohama tilt. I was also lucky to have my camera on the new import Eric Campbell for his entire at bat that ended in his first career RBI. Check it out:
The steady diet of opponents’ lefty pitchers continued at Koshien for the Tigers on Tuesday. One can’t help but wonder if other teams feel their greatest chance of success at stifling the attack is to put a southpaw on the mound to start the game. The Chunichi Dragons sent 3 our way (Valdes, Jordan, Ohno),…