Hanshin Convenience Store
Here’s a vid I made before Christmas but never got around to editing and posting until recently. Enjoy! You can find the yellow-and-black convenience store here:
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Highlights & Videos
What Makes Murton Great
Obviously this is just one part of the story, and I am sure every player has his own ways of improving his craft. I just really liked this video (looks like it first aired at the end of April 2010) and it adds to my admiration of Matt Murton as a professional baseball player. Hope you…
Great Tiger Moments 4: August 30, 1973
As the season was heading into its final month and the Tigers fighting to catch the Yomiuri Giants (who had won 8 straight Nippon Series at this point), the Tigers faced the Chunichi Dragons at Koshien Stadium. Young ace Yutaka Enatsu (25) was on the mound, and he pitched a game for the ages. In…
2015 Season Preview, Part 4: Relief Pitchers
Our four-part series about the Tigers and the upcoming 2015 season concludes today with a look at the relievers as a whole. Click here for infield analysis, here for the outfield and here for the starting pitchers. The relief squad is a complicated group, as it includes men who might get the occasional spot start,…
2015 Season Preview, Part 3: Starting Pitchers
Up next in our four-part series about the Tigers and the upcoming 2015 season is the pitching staff. Click here to see the infield analysis and here for the outfield. The series will wrap up with a look at the intriguing puzzle pieced together with the relievers. OK here we go! The first four starters…
2015 Season Preview, Part 2: Outfield
Today we continue our four-part series about the Tigers and the upcoming 2015 season. After checking in on the infield last time, we look at the outfield and general offense today. The second half of the series will look at starting pitchers and the relief squad. Alright, let’s finish up the fielders and bats! Left…
Great Tiger Moments #1: Back-to-Back-to-Back Jacks
Date: April 17, 1985 Other than winning the championship in 1985, this is undoubtedly the most talked about moment in Hanshin Tigers’ history. Up to this point, the team had a 50-year history (35 in the two-league era) and still no championship to speak of. This particular season, though, boasted one of its finest-hitting lineups ever….
Great Tiger Moments 2: June 26, 1986
I’m reading a book right now called 巨人ー阪神論 (Kyojin-Hanshin Ron — Giants/Tigers Discourse). Basically it’s a guided conversation between 1980s Giants ace Suguru Egawa and 1980s Tigers cleanup hitter Masayuki Kakefu. They discuss everything from their playing days and beyond. Still halfway through but I came across a bit about this moment: June 26, 1986….
Great Tiger Moments 1: April 30, 2009
The 2009 season was not a good one for the Hanshin Tigers. They did not make the playoffs, finishing 4th in the Central League with a 67-73-4 record. For one magical night, though, fans rejoiced as though the team had won it all. At Koshien Stadium on April 30, 2009, the team was facing the…
Top 10 Tiger Moments of 2014
Fans voted on their top 10 news-making events of the year. Here they are. Video links have all been removed because the videos have been taken down from YouTube. #10 (tie): The Tiger Girls; Kubota of “JFK” Announces Retirement (22 votes) #9: Manager Yutaka Wada has his contract extended (33 votes) #8: Takahiro Arai leaves the club,…