Tora (虎) = Tiger Kichi (キチ) = short for kichigai (気違い) = lunatic We are… Episode 004: Are You Feelin’ the 2020 Tigers? This is our first chat like this since the season started, am I right, my good man? Your CTBC Brothers are on the verge of a first-half pennant, and both Kansai teams…
I have a few general rules about baseball books I read, especially when it pertains to players: If possible, nothing from while they are still playing. (I have read Tomoaki Kanemoto‘s books and also Tsuyoshi Nishioka‘s book, but I purposely ignored Takashi Toritani‘s.) I want to read the first one they put out after their…
The Hanshin Tigers have announced, along with the rest of NPB, that it will allow a maximum of 5,000 fans to attend games between July 10 and 31. Depending on how well COVID-19 is contained at that point, stadiums could be allowed to operate at half-capacity from August 1 onward. The Tigers end their long…
WARNING! Sound quality unintentionally reflects Hanshin’s record. It is very poor. If you stop listening part-way through, or just pass on this one altogether, we completely understand. Our apologies in advance. Host T-Ray is joined Sanjay as they discuss all of the ugly play from the season’s first 9 games. They choose player(s) of the…
This is not the way any Hanshin fans expected the season to begin. After a strong showing in March (7-3-2) and June practice games (5-3-3), it looked like enough players were firing on all cylinders to give this team a shot at another 2003 or 2005 type of season. Everyone seemed to be hitting the…
Former Hanshin star Matt Murton (2010-15) has been doing a lot of online talks with current NPB imports during the pandemic. He did a few with Spencer Patton (Yokohama DeNA BayStars) and Steven Moya (Orix Buffaloes), but this time he hooked up with two new Tigers: outfielder Jerry Sands and reliever Jon Edwards! Have a…
Also seen in Daily Sports / デイリースポーツのコラム（トレバーの虎場) There are two things I have gotten plenty sick of since becoming a Hanshin Tigers fan six years ago. The first is the constant beatings at the hand of the Yomiuri Giants. In fact, when I first started this column at the start of the 2018 season, the…
A strong effort from starting pitcher Yuki Nishi, including a home run and an RBI double, went for naught as the birthday boy, Suguru Iwazaki, served up a home run in the bottom of the seventh. Tigers drop the season opener in a close one at Tokyo Dome. [event_full id=”15505″ align=”none”]
It’s game time! Watch this before opening pitch if you can squeeze it in!
June 19 could not come sooner. We have been waiting for Opening Day long enough. It’s time to play ball! Here is the official announcement from the team about its Opening Day top squad roster. Currently, only four starting pitchers are registered, so by next Tuesday, two more starters will get called up while two…