Month: February 2023

H-TEN on Patreon

H-TEN on Patreon

Hi everyone! This is just a reminder from me to you. Although I do my best to provide as much Hanshin Tigers information as I can, some things in life are not free… but they are worth the money! Therefore, in an attempt to give the hardcore fans a little more of what they want,…

2023 Central League Prediction Contest!

2023 Central League Prediction Contest!

It’s that time of year again, everyone! We’re about a month from the beginning of another season of baseball! As we have done each of the past few years, we would like to extend an invitation to you to send us an audio file of your Central League standings predictions for the upcoming season. Here…

Episode 166 – The K Keller Interview

Episode 166 – The K Keller Interview

Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay discuss team news, the first few games of Tigers preseason baseball, and then we listen to an interview with reliever Kyle Keller (#42). In the post-show show, T-Ray asks Sanjay for ideas for his upcoming Daily Sports column. Ultimately, they end up Check it out here! Recorded on: February 22, 2023…

Episode 165 – Preliminary Depth Charts

Episode 165 – Preliminary Depth Charts

Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay discuss team news, update you on the import players, and then go in-depth into the team’s depth charts as of the start of spring training. In the post-show show, T-Ray introduces his two side projects in Japanese (stand fm & Radiotalk), and the guys announce their desire to try something new…

Toreba no Toraba: Fuji’s Translator Issei!

Toreba no Toraba: Fuji’s Translator Issei!

From our Daily Sports Online column (Japanese) / デイリースポーツの連載コラムから Fujinami: 思いっきり腕を振って勝負していきたい (Omoikkiri ude wo futte sho-bu shite ikitai) Translator: Swing my arm and do what I can do and… do my best. Huh? That doesn’t sound like good baseball English! Come on, translator! You’d be better off saying something like, umm… omoikkiri… hang on a…

Shinjo: Thrilling Life – Neither Genius Nor Fool

Shinjo: Thrilling Life – Neither Genius Nor Fool

Tsuyoshi Shinjo made the headlines daily last winter when he reached an agreement to become manager of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. This book was released toward the end of February 2022, before his first season as manager began. Surely at the time of “writing” the book (more on those quotation marks later), he had accepted…