OK, I know I posted about a different book awhile back, promising to write a review of it. That still might come, and same with the one for this book. It has been on my list of “books to get” for awhile now, and I finally decided it was time. Looks quirky and interesting, and…
Tigers’ legend Randy Bass (60) has come to the Osaka area to help the Hanshin Department Store chain drum up some business. Today he was at Dotonbori on a tour boat in a Santa costume, shouting “Merry Christmas” to all who could hear and see him. He seemed to really enjoy his time, even posing…
There has not yet been much offseason action as far as roster moves, but here are some of the things going on with different players: Long-time Tiger Takahiro Arai has left the organization and returned to the Hiroshima Carp, where he began his career. He played 7 years with the Tigers, his best coming in 2010…
I usually don’t like watching other people play video games. This video, however, is an exception. This is from before the start of the 2014 season, but presents an interesting matchup: if Messenger were to face Murton, who would win? Just as a set-up, Messenger uses himself as starting pitcher, and Murton chooses his favourite Nohmi-san….
Scheduled Games & Possible Starters: GAME 1: Saturday, October 25, 6:15 pm (Koshien Stadium): Randy Messenger (13-10) vs. Jason Standridge (11-8) GAME 2: Sunday, October 26, 6:15 pm (Koshien Stadium): Minoru Iwata (9-8) vs. Kenji Ohtonari (3-1) GAME 3: Tuesday, October 28, 6:30 pm (YafuOku Dome): Shintaro Fujinami (10-7) vs. Shota Takeda (3-3) GAME 4: Wednesday, October 29, 6:30 pm…
Scheduled Games & Possible Starters*: Wednesday, October 15, 6pm: Shintaro Fujinami (10-7) vs. Tetsuya Utsumi (7-9) Thursday, October 16, 6pm: Minoru Iwata (9-8) vs. Hirokazu Sawamura (5-3) Friday, October 17, 6pm: Randy Messenger (13-10) vs. Toshiya Sugiuchi (10-6) Saturday, October 18, 6pm: Atsushi Nohmi (9-13) vs. Yuki Koyama (6-2) Sunday, October 19, 6pm: Suguru Iwazaki (5-4) vs. Kan Otake (9-6) Monday, October 20, 6pm: Shintaro Fujinami…
With tonight’s 4-1 Giants victory over the Hiroshima Carp, the red-and-white fall into third place, a half-game behind our Hanshin Tigers. The result is that Koshien Stadium will host two, possibly three baseball games this long weekend. Game 1 is Saturday at 6pm, and will likely see Messenger facing off against Kenta Maeda. Game 2…
Matt Murton! Today is your birthday! Have an incredible day! Relax with family, rest up, power up, and let’s have a great Climax Series next week! Thanks for being such an integral part of the Tigers’ organization and success. Sincerely, Trevor Raichura Hanshin Tigers English News Junior Executive Vice President
Just looking at today’s headlines on Sanspo.com’s Tigers page, we can see a lot of interesting things: Mauro Gomez was taken too lightly by DeNA’s pitching staff twice, and he made them pay in the end with a walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th. Seung-hwan Oh pitched two perfect innings, and was able…
阪神タイガースの黄金時代が永遠に来ない理由 I feel like I am back in grade school for saying that I will write a book report when I finish reading, but it’s true, I will. The book is not set to “release” until tomorrow but amazon.co.jp is just that good – I got it today! The book title in English is “Why…