Nearly a year ago, as the season had come to an end, I received a surprise parcel in the mail. Though the team had not yet made it official, everyone knew Matt Murton had played his final game for the Tigers. So it was with kind of mixed emotions that I opened the parcel and…
Who cares about the Hanshin Tigers’ season anymore? Screw this team and their summer of pathetic play. They couldn’t have won the high school tournament at Koshien Stadium this year. Bad defense that makes high schoolers look good, a pathetic 21-33-2 record in their home building, and just a game separating them from the last…
It’s not just that the Hanshin Tigers season is all but over. It’s also that I need good reading material for on train and bus rides (my commute to work is almost 2 hours one way). So I have a decent stock of books to get me through until next spring, or at least I…
The Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants have a long, bitter rivalry, and every year the two clubs try to pump up the season’s matchups with colorful ads on which the words 伝統の一戦 (Legendary/Classic Series) appear. But last year the Tigers won just 2 of 13 at Tokyo Dome, and this year so far, they brought…
Great news for Hanshin Tigers fans out there who feel like they do not know much about the team but want to know more! T-Ray is planning to write a book in 2017 (and 2018 if more time is needed)! The plans at present are for the book to tell the incredible story of the…
Host T-Ray is joined by co-host Joe to talk about the two games in Nagoya (vs. Dragons) and the three back at Koshien (vs. BayStars). They choose hitters and pitchers of the month (for August), players of the week, what kind of areas the team needs to bolster via the draft/free agency this offseason. They end off by predicting the…
Five straight losses. Against teams that are beatable. Three at home, and two on the road with your best pitchers starting. Could it get any worse for the Tigers? The only good news was that they would host the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, who had a rough August and who have struggled against our Tigers. But…
With just a month left to play, we can start to imagine what the Tigers’ individual stats will shape up to look like. Who’s having a better year than last? Who’s slumping? Who’s primed for a breakout NEXT season? Who won’t HAVE a next season? (Rumor has it veteran reliever Shinobu Fukuhara will be released.) In our…
A three-game sweep at the hands of the then-fifth place Swallows pushed the Tigers down a spot in the standings, and the dream of reaching the playoffs seemed less likely to come true. A two-game stint in Nagoya with the team’s two best pitchers slated to start should have been the remedy to the team’s…
Host T-Ray is joined by co-host Joe to talk about the three games in Yokohama (vs. BayStars) and the three back at Koshien (vs. Swallows). They choose a player of the week, then talk about what the deal is with the constantly changing infield. Who is best suited at which position moving forward? They end off by predicting the upcoming…