Back to Koshien at last. With two teams still breathing down the Tigers’ necks, they needed a strong series against one of those teams, and the red-hot Yakult Swallows came to town looking to take first place from the suddenly weary-looking Hanshin Tigers. Let’s take a look at how the first professional baseball at Koshien…
Original article can be found here 元の記事はこちら With the U-18 Baseball World Cup being held in Osaka, many scouts from the Braves, Mariners, Reds and other major league clubs were watching closely from the seats behind home plate at Koshien Stadium during yesterday’s game between the Hanshin Tigers and Yakult Swallows. Naturally they got a good look…
The long summer road trip is over at long last. The Hanshin Tigers pulled into first place early in the trip and finished it on Thursday still atop the Central League. With a little help from the Yakult Swallows, who beat the Yomiuri Giants three straight, the Tigers are able to come down the home…
The original title of the book is 未熟者 (Mijuku Mono). Written in the 2008 offseason and released prior to the second World Baseball Classic in 2009 (which the author played well in), Kyuji Fujikawa wrote a book that is not quite an autobiography but is somewhat difficult to classify. He mostly talked about how he got…
The original article can be found here 元の記事はこちら Hanshin Electric Railway gave unofficial word on the 24th that they intend on keeping Yutaka Wada (52) on board as manager next year. With 30 games left this season, Wada’s fourth as manager (a one-year deal), the team is 2.5 games ahead of the second place Giants….
Episode 05 with co-hosts T-Ray and Mike P covers the Giants and Baystars series, our Player of the Week selections, Wada Disaster, the catcher situation on the team, and predictions for the upcoming week. Also, send us a fun question for Randy Messenger, Matt Murton or Mauro Gomez, and win a prize! Details on the…
So the lead was now down to a half game. The Hanshin Tigers needed to take advantage of the short “home” respite at Kyocera Dome on the weekend against the floundering Yokohama DeNA Baystars. Could they hold them off and preserve or even build on their lead over the surging Giants? Game 1: Starter Minoru…
The original trashy article can be found here 元のゴミはこちら The war below the surface is starting to bubble. We’re talking about last year’s batting champ, Matt Murton (33). He took a benching for a few games this season when he lost some of his shimmer. He’s brought his average back up to .293 (as of…
It really doesn’t matter too much what the Tigers’ record is. They need to beat their longtime rivals, the Yomiuri Giants. Wada himself said, “We’re more focused on the rivalry than our record in this series.” He backed that up by slotting three of his strongest pitchers to take the mound under the EGG in…
Episode 04 features T-Ray and Mike talking about the week that was, plus Player of the Week, Wada’s World, the 2015 Tigers’ Ace, and predictions for the upcoming week of action. Recorded Sunday, August 16, 2015.