Month: January 2022

NEWS FLASH: Yano to Step Down at Season’s End

NEWS FLASH: Yano to Step Down at Season’s End

Sources: Daily Sports / Daily Sports / Daily Sports Current Hanshin Tigers manager Akihiro Yano will be former manager by the end of 2022. The skipper made the announcement to the team at their pre-camp meeting on January 31 in Okinawa. This is how part of the press conference went after that meeting. How are…

Toreba no Toraba: What the H?

Toreba no Toraba: What the H?

Based on T-Ray’s Daily Sports Column / デイリースポーツの連載コラム”トレバーの虎場”から Quiz: What do Yusuke Ohyama, Naomasa Yohkawa, Masashi Itoh, Ren Satoh, and Yukiya Saitoh have, but Teruaki Sato and Jo Endo lack? As an extra hint, Fumiya Hojoh both has and lacks this certain something.  The answer is H. This may be a completely nonsensical article, but…

Episode 139a – Bringing You Up to Speed

Episode 139a – Bringing You Up to Speed

Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay are back in 2022! Happy New Year to you! On this show, we talk about the offseason… who’s left the club? Who’s come on board in the Year of the Tiger? What do the spring training schedule and rosters look like? We catch you up on all things Hanshin while you…

2022 Spring Training Information

2022 Spring Training Information

Manager Akihiro Yano and his team of coaches decided on which players would practice in the relative warmth of Okinawa in February, and which would start February shivering in Kochi. Naturally, injuries and other such unforeseen circumstances could result in players changing places, but for now, the “Opening Day” (of camp) rosters have been set….

Toreba no Toraba: Don’t Read the Comments!

Toreba no Toraba: Don’t Read the Comments!

As seen in Daily Sports (Japanese) / デイリースポーツの連載コラム・トレバーの虎場から Happy New Year everyone! I hope that your 2022, the Year of the Tiger(s), is a much more prosperous year than last year was. It seems as though Covid-19 is not going away any time soon, which means we have to remain vigilant against its contagious nature….