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Toritani: Captaincy

Toritani: Captaincy

First things first. This book was released before the 2016 season, when Tomoaki Kanemoto was about to take over as manager of the team. Despite an appearance in the 2014 Japan Series, the team stumbled towards the end of 2015, resulting in the dismissal of then-manager Yutaka Wada and bringing in a new regime. Takashi…

Toreba no Toraba – Warm Stove League

Toreba no Toraba – Warm Stove League

As seen in Daily Sports (Japanese) – トレバーの虎場 As the cold of winter sets in and the long (shortened?) offseason officially gets underway, there are two main things that keep die-hard baseball fans like myself warm. The first is the hot-stove league, which we all gather ‘round and anticipate which players will move to which…

Tigers Return to Practice; Interleague Cancelled

Tigers Return to Practice; Interleague Cancelled

Sources: Daily Sports (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) The Hanshin Tigers returned to the field on Wednesday after nearly three weeks of inactivity. Workouts have been staggered and limited to fewer players than usual. After having three players test positive for COVID-19 at the end of March (off the field), extra precautionary measures are being…

Episode 110 – Early Depth Charts

Episode 110 – Early Depth Charts

Host T-Ray is joined by JD as they talk about the offseason – who’s gone and who’s new, the new team slogan, and what the team looks like from top to bottom heading into the 2020 season. Hanshin Tigers Depth Chart – 2020 Catcher Ryutaro Umeno Seishiro Sakamoto Fumihito Haraguchi Yuya Katayama First Base Justin…