The Hiroshima Carp entered this series on a 10-game winning streak. Because of this, the Tigers found themselves on the outside looking in for just the second time since May. And just like last time, the team that took over first only stayed there for one game. Starting pitching held the Carp to a minimum…
I’m not sure which is more amazing: the fact that a self-proclaimed illiterate man has written four books or the fact that I have read three of them. Tsuyoshi Shinjo is indeed a man of mystery. Though he divulges a lot about himself in interviews and his three books (including this one), it seems quite…
There’s nothing more satisfying than beating down the Yomiuri Giants at Koshien Stadium. Tuesday was a memorial game for the late Shintaro Yokota, and the team came through with a big win, thanks to clutch hitting from Yusuke Ohyama and Teruaki Sato. Wednesday saw the team storm back from a 5-3 deficit in a thriller….
Name (Japanese): ブライアン・ケラー Date of Birth: June 21, 1994 Hometown: Germantown, Wisconsin High School: Germantown High (Wisconsin) University: U of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Family Status: Married Height: 191 cm (6’3″) Weight: 91 kg (200 lbs) Threw/Batted: Right/Right Position: Pitcher Wore #: 24 Originally Drafted by: New York Yankees (2016, Round 39) Signed with Hanshin on: December 14,…
Coming off the all-star break, which was not much of a break for our main players (who pretty much all got voted to the team), the team needed to build some momentum. After all, a six-game home stand next week marks the end of Tigers baseball at Koshien Stadium for nearly a whole month, as…
Source: Sanspo On July 19, the Hanshin Tigers announced that they have reached an agreement and signed right-handed pitcher Colten Brewer (30, from NY Yankees AAA) to a deal for the remainder of this year. He will wear number 98. He is expected to arrive in Japan in early August. Hanshin front office director Satoshi…
Source: Sanspo The Hanshin Tigers announced the death of former player Shintaro Yokota on the 18th. He was just 28 years old. Yokota was selected in the second round of the 2013 draft out of Kagoshima Jitsugyo High. He made his top-squad debut on Opening Day 2016 against the Chunichi Dragons, batting second. In 2017,…
Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay discuss team news, the last eleven games of Tigers baseball, select their players of the month for June, and evaluate the three facets of NPB managers that Akinobu Okada must fulfill, according to author and anthropologist William Kelly (see my book review here). Check out our Japanese podcast here in video…
Playing the Dragons at home was supposed to be a chance to build some momentum heading into the all-star break. However, a late-inning collapse (what else is new – three straight games attended by yours truly have all turned out the same) cost us the first game, a complete lack of hitting was the culprit…
The Tigers ended interleague on a downer, having lost four straight series to Pacific League opponents. Meanwhile, the Baystars caught fire during that stretch. The six-game lead once held by the Tigers was down to 2.5… and then they proceeded to completely give it away, as the Baystars swept them in Yokohama back in June….