Sometimes, reading one book sends you down the rabbit hole and has you ordering all kinds of other books related to the topic. I forget exactly which book led me to buy this title, but I have a feeling it was probably either this one or this one. Either way, I bought it over a…
It’s been a year, hasn’t it? Without getting into too many details about any of these stories (which have been discussed on the podcast, in the TTT sessions, and in other articles we’ve written), here are the 20 things that defined this year for your Hanshin Tigers. 20. Fourth-string catcher Kenya Nagasaka started his season…
As I’ve done in years past, it is time for me to get more baseball literate. Recently I have told myself that I am not allowed to buy any more new (or used) baseball books until I read the ones I have. Here are some that I will maybe never get completely through, but will…
The way things have been going in the world recently, the timing of reviewing this book seems apt. Do you remember Japanese baseball? It really hasn’t been that long since we’ve watched the game, but it sure feels that way. This “time off” has given me an opportunity to read through a book that I…
It’s been a decade, folks. Hanshin is notoriously known for not being able to develop its players. Nevertheless, we have compiled a list of the Top 10 Players of the Decade. One of them was a free agent acquisition who spent seven years with the club, but all the rest were drafted by the Tigers….
Before the dawn of a new decade of Hanshin Tigers baseball, we rank the last ten renditions of the team – not based on win percentage or finish in the standings, but on how they felt as a fan. Your comments and interpretations of the 2010s is welcome in the comments!
Rafael Dolis spent four solid seasons with the Tigers and has more saves than any other import player in team history. Unfortunately, that was not enough for the team to sign him on any longer.
The Hanshin Tigers have a long history of odd happenings with import talent: Gene Bacque finds himself in a brawl, breaks his thumb while punching a Giants’ coach, gets released at season’s end. Mike Greenwell plays all of seven games (at a ¥350-million price tag), fractures a bone after fouling a pitch off his own…
I was planning to steer clear of all the Heisei-Reiwa hype, but the Japan Era-Records Klerical Service (JERKS) are making me post something. Here is your all-Heisei Hanshin Tigers squad, as chosen by the fans!
Many of you are probably aware of the fact that the Hanshin Tigers have a long history of scandal and notoriety. Today we look at the most infamous quote in the history of the spoken language: “ベンチはアホやから” – spoken by a pitcher just minutes after he left the field and just a day before he announced his retirement.