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Farm Team to Find New Fields in 2025?

Farm Team to Find New Fields in 2025?

Source: Sports Hochi Reports that came out on the 2nd indicate that the Tigers are strongly considering moving their farm facilities from Naruohama (bottom red dot, Nishinomiya) to Odaminami Park (far right dot, Amagasaki). Koshien Stadium is the dot on the far left of this map. Preliminary planning has already begun as last week, the…

Baby Bull Still Baffled by Breaking Balls

Baby Bull Still Baffled by Breaking Balls

Original article can be seen here 元の記事はこちら “It’s the same as when he was on the top squad,” says Second Squad Manager Yano The road to recovery is a bumpy one, as Hanshin’s Wilin Rosario is discovering. The first baseman, recently demoted to the second squad team, batted fourth against Hiroshima’s Western League squad (June…

Two Young Farm Arms

Two Young Farm Arms

Original Article Can Be Seen Here 元の記事はこちら Fumihito Haraguchi and Fumiya Hojoh joined the farm squad as they played the Orix Buffaloes second team on the 15th. On the 16th, Shun Takayama got some playing time (and has since been farmed outright), and on the 17th, Haraguchi and Takayama were both in the starting lineup….

Any news is good news today…

Any news is good news today…

Those of you who watched the game today probably wish you hadn’t. The Tigers got shellacked and are showing few signs of life in July. (More in the next series recap.) I just “discovered” a Twitter account (mine is @thehanshintiger, follow me!) that reports on activity down at Naruohama, where the farm team plays and…