Let me see if I can wrap my head around yet another incredible night at the ballpark. But first, a bit of background on how I got tickets. Some of you might remember that back in December 2017, I was featured in Daily Sports Online (a big-time Kobe sports newspaper). The journalist who interviewed me…
By now, you should be familiar with the drill. H-TEN is back with the definitive guide on how to vote for the NPB All-Star Game. And by the way, Game 2 of the ASG will be played at Koshien Stadium on Saturday, July 13! Tickets are sold based on a lottery system, and you can…
Read it on Daily Sports Online here (Japanese) デイリーのコラムはこちら Recently I have been working my way through a pretty cool book called Atomic Habits. It talks about how making changes in our lives are most effective when we try to make changes to our identities, rather than focusing on goals or targets. The resulting changes…
Host T-Ray is joined by Sanjay as they recap the last two weeks of up-and-down Tigers baseball. They then take a look at several key veterans on the team who are approaching the ends of their careers. How much longer will they be around, and who can replace them? The elephants in the room are…
These articles written for Daily Sports seldom sound the same in English as they do in Japanese. Here’s the original, plus a link to the Japanized version that made the papers!
I’m beside myself. The Tigers ended the Heisei Era with eight straight losses to the Giants (six this year, including shutouts in the last two). Heading into Tokyo Dome against a team that crushed the Swallows for 19 runs in a single game just last week? Not feeling this series, I thought to myself. And…
Host T-Ray is joined by JD and Sanjay as they recap the last two weeks of incredible Tigers baseball! They choose their hitter and pitcher of the month for April, and then discuss how and why the Tigers turned their season around. Can they sustain their current record, or is this just an aberration? Your…
Sing it with me, everyone: “Unaru suingu, kiri saku a-chi, hoero Kosuke, shobu wo kimero.” Kosuke Fukudome‘s cheer song literally says this: A whopping swing, a homer cuts through the air. Roar, Kosuke! Win it for us! This is how it went down: The Tigers gave up the first run of the game in a…
Don’t let the angry Toraho Recap logo deceive you – the first month of the season got better as the weather heated up. It just couldn’t have started much worse than it did…
Many of you know that I have been writing a column for Daily Sports for the past year or so. It’s been a really good experience for me, and has helped me improve my Japanese writing skills immensely. I owe much of the credit to my editor, who also happens to be the author of…