It’s All-Star Break… no real baseball to watch and analyze, so let’s look at our crop of hitters and give a few brief comments about each of them. What’s your take? Whom do you like at the 8 fielding positions? The above “depth chart” is just my own observations, and isn’t necessarily the way the…
After a humiliating series sweep at the hands of these young upstart Dragons, Hanshin needed to get their revenge by winning their final two games before heading in to the all-star break. And although Nagoya’s boys came to Kansai on a two-game losing streak, they saved two left-handed import pitchers (against whom Hanshin has had…
Recap of the past week’s action (@ BayStars, vs. Giants), Player of the Week, Wacky Tomoaki, Hot Topic (Hanshin’s inability to hit in the clutch), Predictions for next week’s action – 2 vs. Dragons. Recorded on July 10, 2017 Opening song – Hajime no Ippo – SHIN a.k.a MAMIYA feat.TIM Closing song – Hanshin Tigers – Sim…
Despite starting the month with two wins against the Swallows and a split series against the BayStars, one couldn’t help but think that this Hanshin team had still not yet found its way out of the post-interleague funk it was in. This series confirmed fans’ worst fears but ended with some hope and joy on…
Original Article Can Be Found Here 元の記事はこちら Rogers’ Impression of Hanshin: “A Team with Strong Traditions Like the Red Sox” Hanshin held a press conference to introduce new import infielder Jason Rogers (formerly of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ AAA club) on the 7th at club headquarters in Nishinomiya. He showed confidence in himself and his future…
The hard-charging Yokohama DeNA BayStars could leapfrog Hanshin with a series sweep in the two teams’ last showdown before the All-Star Break. But Hanshin was also showing signs of breaking out of their worst slump of the year, having won two straight to end the series against the Swallows. Which team would prevail? Game 73…
Original is in this magazine 元の記事はこの雑誌から Messenger Remembers His Teammates Written by Randy Messenger, translated to Japanese, then re-translated here by T-Ray The Real Ichiro Hits Homers at Will I forgot to mention something in the last column. I want to talk about Barry (Bonds = Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants) a little. He holds…
Hanshin has recently announced the signing of first baseman Jason Rogers. Apparently he is quite excited to be joining the team, as he answered a random fan’s direct messages on Twitter about his arrival date (before the deal was officially announced), and simply tweeted the words “Hanshin Tigers!!” a day later. (The tweet has since…
Recap of the past week’s action (@ Dragons, vs. Swallows), Player of the Week, Hitter of the Month, Pitchers of the Month, Wacky Tomoaki, Hot Topic (Hanshin’s impatience with import hitters), Predictions for next week’s action – 3 @ BayStars, 3 vs. Giants. Recorded on July 3, 2017 Opening song – Hajime no Ippo…
This isn’t funny anymore. The implosion against a powerful Rakuten Eagles team, I get. Same with the shutout the next day. Then losing two straight to Hiroshima is hard to stomach but also a plausible scenario, one we could stomach, to an extent. But the ONE RUN series against the Dragons? Sure, it was on…