Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay discuss team news, the last eight games of preseason Tigers baseball, and preview the Tigers’ five opponents in the Central League. Guest appearances by friends from other social media accounts! In the post-show show, they preview the interview conducted with Brian Keller and also unveil the 2023 H-TEN slogan. Check it…
As seen in Daily Sports Online (Japanese) / デイリースポーツの連載コラムから I want to introduce you to my friend, John. He and I met around five years ago when we were two of the only foreigners in attendance at a Stryper concert in Osaka. What I found out about John that day was that when he has…
Host T-Ray and Sanjay are joined by Scott, founder & curator of the Chunichi Dragons English blog. Follow him on Twitter too! (@dragonsoulblog). We break down what all the other CL teams have been up to this offseason, and what they look like heading into the regular season. Also, you have just a few precious…
A few years ago when I was teaching junior high school kids, I came to a certain realization: some kids’ writing is just ugly. Can’t make out their chicken scratches to save my life. “What’s THAT supposed to say, Shota?” “W.” “THAT’s a W???” Same could be said of last night’s 2019 season opener against…
Hosts T-Ray and JD start and finish today’s show at Kyocera Dome, where they took in Opening Day together! They share their thoughts, the last preseason news, and then let listeners chime in with their Central League standings predictions! Summary below… and will be revisited in October to see if anyone will win the Hanshin…
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows had an incredible interleague mini-season. In fact, they became just the second Central League team to finish with a better record than all PL teams. They looked to parlay that momentum into a spot near the top of the CL standings, but if the Tigers have their way, it will be…
Through seven innings, the two hurlers combined to throw approximately the same number that Fujinami threw in that unforgettable (for all the wrong reasons) game in July 2016. Yes, they both brought their A games. In fact, the Yakult Swallows never got past first base until the eighth inning. That’s how good Akkyaman was again tonight….
When you’re playing on a field with smaller dimensions, against a team that’s not know for its pitching (the Yakult Swallows), you have to take advantage. And that’s exactly what the Tigers did. A couple of bombs and their first 10+ hit game in two weeks, and you’ve no longer got a losing streak on your…
Once again, the team’s most dependable pitcher came through when needed the most. In fact, the only run the bad guys got against him were assisted by some shaky fielding on our part. The bats took just enough advantage of the Swallows inferior pitching to make this one a no-doubter. The losing streak stops at…
The Tigers finally got big contributions from their bats, tallying a season-high 13 hits and eight runs as they made up for three straight games of offensive lethargy earlier in the week. Starting Pitchers: Yuta Iwasada (0-0) vs. Yoshinori (0-1, 6.75 ERA) 1 Three of our guys who are a combined 114 years old (Takashi…