Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay discuss team news, the three games that made up the Climax Series Final Stage, and then break down the upcoming Japan Series – the Hanshin Tigers’ first trip to the dance since 2014. Who’s going to win? Why? In how many games? Your thoughts/comments/predictions are welcome, too! Recorded on: October 24,…
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…
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: Tigers Official As you all know, the Hanshin Tigers clinched the 2023 Central League pennant on September 14. This earns them the right to host the Final Stage of the Climax Series against the winners of the First Stage (Hiroshima Carp vs. Yokohama BayStars). The Final Stage games will all be held at Hanshin…
Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay discuss team news, including the hiring of manager Akinobu Okada and the possible posting of pitcher Shintaro Fujinami. They also recap the final three games of the Tigers’ season before diving into the annual H-TEN Awards, given to all sorts of players and team events. In the post-show show, they name…
Starter Koyo Aoyagi pitched his heart out. The team had a 3-0 lead with two outs in the seventh. Two soft infield grounders by the Swallows were our undoing, though. Jefry Marte threw a ball into left, and Masumi Hamachi glove-flipped another into right field, which resulted in a five-run inning for them. Our bats…
Leadoff hitter Takumu Nakano started the game with a triple and our team took its first lead of the series! Then Shintaro Fujinami started the pitching half of the game with three strikeouts. Then… they hit home runs while we hit a bunch of singles and a couple of sacrifice flies. The gap between these…