The Japan Series features two teams from the Kansai area for the first time in 59 years. Last time (1964), the Tigers bowed out in seven games to the Nankai Hawks. This series features the Tigers for the first time since 2014, and the Buffaloes for the third straight year. How do former players (now…
The Hanshin Tigers hosted the Climax Series Final Stage for the first time in team history. Would they be alright coming into the most important part of the year completely cold? The pitchers would probably be alright, but how about the hitters? Well, they didn’t exactly light up the scoreboard or hit the cover off…
Sometimes you have to watch games to get a true feel for what they were like. The scoreboard and stat line aren’t enough. This one was a bit of a stressful affair, as Masashi Itoh allowed the leadoff runner to reach base in five of his seven innings. In the eighth, they got two 2-out…
The Tigers had a long layoff from competitive baseball, having most recently played on October 4. That said, they clinched the CL pennant on September 14, so one could argue that it had been 5 weeks since their last important game. Despite just one hit in the game’s first three innings, they did put good…
The professional baseball Climax Series is underway and things are heating up. The Hanshin Tigers won their first Central League pennant in 18 years. Through covering the team, we have come across various passionate fans. What exactly draws them to the team so powerfully? This time, we look at a foreigner and an artisan, and…
Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay discuss team news, the final six regular season games of Tigers baseball, select their players of the month for September, and give you all the information you need to know about the upcoming playoff series against the Hiroshima Carp, to be held at Koshien Stadium on October 18-23. Recorded on: October…
Source: Sankei Newspaper (October 4, 2023) “What’s All the Ruckus About?” A Canadian Delivers Tigers News as Kansai Celebrates Hanshin’s Pennant The passionate fan base of the Hanshin Tigers, winners of the Central League pennant for the first time in 18 years, is not limited to Kansai or even Japan. A Canadian living in Nishinomiya,…
It is obvious that the Tigers have not been playing with the same fire in their bellies since they clinched the pennant on September 14. Even though the games matter less, it is still good to see the team win games and perform well. Now that Game 143 is in the books, the team will…
From the Daily Sports Online column / デイリースポーツオンラインの連載コラムから So this is what it feels like to be a fan of the champs. The Tigers nation, myself included, is still basking in the glory of it all, in part because of the frantic pace at which the team went from tenuously holding the lead in the…