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…
Sources: Yahoo / Daily / Daily The Chiba Lotte Marines announced on March 10 that they have signed ex-Hanshin Tigers infielder Takashi Toritani (38) to a one-year deal for the 2020 season. He will earn an estimated ¥16 million ($150,000) and wear #00. Marines’ skipper Tadahito Iguchi had this to say about signing Toritani: “He…
If only it had rained a few more times. This series against the Chiba Lotte Marines came during the heart of rainy season, and in case you missed it, Hanshin is perfect so far this season on days after rainouts. So Friday’s rainout was a good omen, but Monday’s rainout only helped them win their first…
Hanshin has a relatively mediocre record against every Pacific League team these past dozen years of interleague existence. The team against which Hanshin has its second best record are these Chiba Lotte Marines. However, last season they are the lone team that swept us three straight. However, these Marines are not the same team they…
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,…
After finally reaching the .500 mark for the first time since early April, the Tigers proceeded to fall right back into mediocrity with two straight blowout losses to the Saitama Seibu Lions, ending May with a 12-13 record, and only staying in third thanks to even worse play (or luck?) from the Dragons, Swallows and…