The truth is, the Hanshin Tigers *do* (kind of) have an alibi and reason for being U-G-L-Y for the second straight game. The starter today was supposed to be Joe Gunkel, but he had a migraine and sore throat this morning, and was sent to the hospital for a PCR test. It came back negative…
This one was ugly. Well, through five innings, it was actually quite fun to watch! And watch it, we did, H-TEN + Patreon-style! But a combination of shaky pitching (including a gruesome injury to Keisuke Kobayashi), untimely errors, bad base running and silent bats in the second half meant that the defending champions walked all…
The forecast heading into today called for rain all day, and it looked like Koyo Aoyagi was going to fall victim to his 12th career rain-out, including four straight at Koshien Stadium this year alone! But somehow, the rains stopped mid-afternoon and did not come back hard enough to allow us to see Aoyagi pitch…
This game started like the Tigers were going to run away with it. Home runs in the first two innings by Yusuke Ohyama and Teruaki Sato, and on top of that, Raul Alcantara looked like he was going to Maddux the Buffaloes. But then, it was as though two completely different teams were playing each…
As seen on Daily Sports Online (Japanese) / トレバーの虎場から The decision to go through with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has been a controversial one, and has been as full of questionable political moves as everything else during this pandemic. To be completely honest with you, I have been against Tokyo 2020 from the start, and…
Hosts T-Ray, Sanjay and Gabe discuss the latest team news, recap the past 8 games of Tigers baseball, take a cheap shot at our manager, choose our players of the month, and share our limited knowledge about the final three teams the Tigers will face during interleague play, which is scheduled to be completed on…
Mel Rojas Jr was sent down to the farm to get more at-bats, which he was not seeing on the top squad, and Fumiya Hojoh got called up to the top squad. After uninspired play from yesterday’s second baseman (who shall remain nameless), Hojoh was given the start, and the move paid dividends immediately. His…
Should I continue to just pin the blame on the umpires for the Tigers’ losses during interleague? As long as the umps call balls strikes in crucial situations (like two Jefry Marte walks turned into strikeouts), giving Buffaloes’ starter Taisuke Yamaoka liberty to widen the strike zone all night… I reserve the right to do…