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From the Stadium: Pennant is OURS

From the Stadium: Pennant is OURS

As some of you have heard, I was fortunate enough to have tickets to Thursday’s game at Koshien Stadium. Truth be told, we did not plan it ahead of time to be this way, it just worked out for us. Me and Sanjay (podcast co-host) wanted to take in a game together, and since he…

A Passion for Japan (Contributing Author!)

A Passion for Japan (Contributing Author!)

Books not related to baseball normally do not get reviewed on this site… but this one is an exception. The reason? Yours truly authored one of the chapters, and it is about baseball! Well, it’s about my experiences in Japan and how baseball (specifically the Hanshin Tigers and starting H-TEN) helped me gain a sense…

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…

Toreba no Toraba: Befriending Players’ Families

Toreba no Toraba: Befriending Players’ Families

From T-Ray’s Daily Sports Column (Japanese) / トレバーの虎場(デイリースポーツ)から I can’t remember the exact day it dawned on me that I would never be a professional athlete, but I clearly recall my ambitions changing very quickly from athletic to journalistic. Like, if I could not be in that locker room celebrating a Stanley Cup with my…

Episode 120 – Why We Keep Watching

Episode 120 – Why We Keep Watching

Host T-Ray is joined by co-host Sanjay to discuss the news, the past 15 games of action, and why this team is still worth watching the rest of the way despite being all but eliminated from the postseason. Let us know which player(s) you will pay attention to the rest of the way! After you…

Stadiums to Allow More Fans In!

Stadiums to Allow More Fans In!

Source: Daily Sports NPB held an emergency meeting on the 12th and reached the decision to loosen the limitations placed on fan attendance at games starting on September 19. A government branch meeting on the 11th determined that it was safe to allow stadiums to be filled to a maximum of 50% of their capacities….

Episode 119 – SOS: Save Our Season!

Episode 119 – SOS: Save Our Season!

Host T-Ray is joined by co-hosts JD and Gabe to talk about the fortnight that was, sling mud in our manager’s face, choose players of the month for August, and discuss some potential trades they would like to see the team make — the sooner, the better! Let us know what you think of our…