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…
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…
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”]
Many of you are probably aware of the fact that the Hanshin Tigers have a long history of scandal and notoriety. Among the better stories is this one of a home run that embarrassed a rookie pitcher in front of the emperor of Japan.
Many of you are probably aware of the fact that the Hanshin Tigers have a long history of scandal and notoriety. During the weeks before the upcoming season, we will look at ten of the most interesting ones. We continue here with one that was caused by the rowdy fans.
Hanshin has added a couple of arms to the pitching staff in the past few days, alleviating some of the worries that they were being left behind this offseason.
This year’s team slogan, announced last November at the team’s annual Fan Appreciation Day, is 執念 Tigers Change 2018. 執念 (shuunen) means “tenacity” and manager Tomoaki Kanemoto was hoping the slogan would give his team that extra push to be tenacious at the plate, on defense, on the mound, in all situations. But the fact…
Japanese version written by me for Daily Sports can be seen here Have you ever been doing something a little shady, and said to yourself, “You know, you really shouldn’t be doing this.” Or, “Aren’t you worried what people are going to say when they find out you’ve been hanging out with him/her?” You’re human,…
It had been four years since the Tigers swept a 3-game series against the Yomiuri Giants at Koshien Stadium. Bringing in a 19-year old rookie against a pitcher who was undefeated against the Tigers this season did not seem like a recipe for ending that streak. Then again, you can’t predict baseball. Starting Pitchers: Hiroto Saiki (0-1, 7.50…