“Relationships deepen by repeatedly paying attention to not just the big things, but the small details as well. It was my job as ‘housewife’ to elevate the status of the ‘men of the house,’ the pitchers. I think I was able to do this because I always made it priority to think not of myself,…
The triumphant return to Koshien was everything the fans wanted. The follow-up two games were every fan’s nightmare, unless you count the 7 runs in the last two innings of Sunday’s game (the team still lost that one, 11-8). With three more at Koshien against the team that took two straight from them in Hiroshima…
Episode 06 with co-hosts T-Ray and Whiz-Oh covers the Carp and Swallows series, Wada Disaster, our Player of the Week selections, our “Key Player for September” choices, and predictions for the upcoming week. Also, send us a fun question for Randy Messenger, Matt Murton or Mauro Gomez, and win a prize! Correctly predict the Tigers’ September record for…
Back to Koshien at last. With two teams still breathing down the Tigers’ necks, they needed a strong series against one of those teams, and the red-hot Yakult Swallows came to town looking to take first place from the suddenly weary-looking Hanshin Tigers. Let’s take a look at how the first professional baseball at Koshien…
Original article can be found here 元の記事はこちら With the U-18 Baseball World Cup being held in Osaka, many scouts from the Braves, Mariners, Reds and other major league clubs were watching closely from the seats behind home plate at Koshien Stadium during yesterday’s game between the Hanshin Tigers and Yakult Swallows. Naturally they got a good look…
The long summer road trip is over at long last. The Hanshin Tigers pulled into first place early in the trip and finished it on Thursday still atop the Central League. With a little help from the Yakult Swallows, who beat the Yomiuri Giants three straight, the Tigers are able to come down the home…
The original title of the book is 未熟者 (Mijuku Mono). Written in the 2008 offseason and released prior to the second World Baseball Classic in 2009 (which the author played well in), Kyuji Fujikawa wrote a book that is not quite an autobiography but is somewhat difficult to classify. He mostly talked about how he got…
The original article can be found here 元の記事はこちら Hanshin Electric Railway gave unofficial word on the 24th that they intend on keeping Yutaka Wada (52) on board as manager next year. With 30 games left this season, Wada’s fourth as manager (a one-year deal), the team is 2.5 games ahead of the second place Giants….
Episode 05 with co-hosts T-Ray and Mike P covers the Giants and Baystars series, our Player of the Week selections, Wada Disaster, the catcher situation on the team, and predictions for the upcoming week. Also, send us a fun question for Randy Messenger, Matt Murton or Mauro Gomez, and win a prize! Details on the…
So the lead was now down to a half game. The Hanshin Tigers needed to take advantage of the short “home” respite at Kyocera Dome on the weekend against the floundering Yokohama DeNA Baystars. Could they hold them off and preserve or even build on their lead over the surging Giants? Game 1: Starter Minoru…