From the Daily Sports Online column / デイリースポーツオンラインの連載コラムから This offseason, just like so many in the past, has left baseball fans pining for the return of their favorite pastime. At the same time, two of Japan’s most hallowed playing grounds were converted into a different surface for one game that would determine a different sort…
This is the team’s first spring training in Okinawa as defending champions! It is interesting to see which players are going full throttle from the start, and which will take things a bit more slowly at the second squad camp. Read on for tentative schedules and rosters for both camps, which are approximately 30 minutes…
Soon after I became a Hanshin Tigers fan in 2014, I received a bit of a challenge from one of the H-TEN followers: Read a Japanese book about the team and write a report about it on your website. My reward was that he was to buy a beer the next time we went to…
This is the first time that H-TEN has had the opportunity to write about a winner. I’ve put up rankings like this in the past, and they are always fun, regardless of how the season turns out. I mean, even the worst teams put up 10 games that they can be proud of, right? Well,…
Name (Japanese): カイル・ケラー Date of Birth: April 28, 1993 Hometown: Metairie, Louisiana, USA High School: Jesuit High School (New Orleans) University: Southeastern Louisiana U Family Status: Single Height: 193 cm (6’4″) Weight: 92 kg (203 lbs) Threw/Batted: Right/Right Position: Pitcher Wore #: 42 Originally signed by: Miami Marlins (2015, Round 15) MLB Experience with: Miami Marlins…
Don’t be fooled by the title – rather, note that the pennant and the Japan Series are two separate terms… and this one is referring to the Buffaloes winning the Pacific League title… in 2021. The book was written a couple of years back, as Orix won its first pennant since its merger in late…
Name (Japanese): コルテン・ブルワー Date of Birth: October 29, 1992 Hometown: Dallas, Texas (USA) High School: Canton High (Texas) Family Status: Married, two sons Height: 193 cm (6’4″) Weight: 100 kg (220 lbs) Threw/Batted: Right/Right Position: Pitcher Wore #: 98 Originally Drafted by: Pittsburgh Pirates (2011, Round 4) MLB Experience with: San Diego Padres (2018), Boston Red…
Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay talk about the latest team news (and there is a surprising amount since we last talked!) and then reflect on all the media requests T-Ray got hit up with during the past three months. Recorded on: December 12, 2023 Become a Patron and receive rewards! patreon.com/thehanshintigers Contact us at: thehanshintigers@gmail.com Subscribe…
The Hanshin Tigers release a DVD every season that takes fans backstage to see some of the key moments of the year from different angles, with exclusive interviews with the players involved in those plays/games. And if you look on the team’s official website now, they are still selling the 2022 version. It is the…
Sources: Sponichi / Sponichi / Sanspo / Sanspo Etc. The 2023 draft picks got their new uniforms on December 11. Below is the list of new numbers given out, as well as the most recent and most famous Tigers to have worn the numbers. Round 1: RHP Kaito Shimomura – #19: Shintaro Fujinami (2013-22) /…