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Episode 175: Interleague Preview Part 1

Episode 175: Interleague Preview Part 1

Host T-Ray reports on team news, recaps the last twelve games of Tigers baseball, and does his best to give you the information you need to be an informed viewer as the Tigers prepare to face the Saitama Seibu Lions, Chiba Lotte Marines, and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles when interleague kicks off next week. Recorded…

Games 48-50 @ Lions – Beaten by a Better Cat

Games 48-50 @ Lions – Beaten by a Better Cat

Hanshin used its two best pitchers against the Hawks, to no avail. Now they were left with the back end of their rotation, against the powerful Saitama Seibu Lions hitting order. This had the making of an ugly weekend and a terrible start to interleague play. Game 48 – Another Great Start Wasted Starting Pitchers:…

Trade! Enokida for Lions’ Okamoto

Trade! Enokida for Lions’ Okamoto

On March 14, the Hanshin Tigers announced that they were trading left-handed pitcher Daiki Enokida (31) to the Saitama Seibu Lions for right-hander Yosuke Okamoto (32). Our first-round draft pick in 2010 just never panned out. He showed promise in his first two seasons, coming in from the bullpen 110 times and posting a solid…

vs. Lions – June 3-5 – Struggles at Koshien Continue

We take two steps forward and one step back. One step forward and then two back. The Hanshin Tigers have been within a game of .500 since May 11 – an incredible stretch in which there has been no winning or losing streak longer than two games. After nine games on the road, the team came…

By the Numbers: Interleague & Beyond

By the Numbers: Interleague & Beyond

Let’s look back on the past 3 weeks, in which we played against the six Pacific League teams. We’ll go through the numbers, starting with… 0 – The number of runs allowed in 24 innings pitched by Randy Messenger. He shut out the Saitama Seibu Lions for 7 innings, then the Nippon Ham Fighters for 8,…