Zorny and I went to last night’s game at Koshien Stadium. The Tigers had to win, and they brought their best. The Giants had nothing at stake and it showed. Still, very entertaining ball game. Here are our postgame thoughts:
Let me see if I can wrap my head around yet another incredible night at the ballpark. But first, a bit of background on how I got tickets. Some of you might remember that back in December 2017, I was featured in Daily Sports Online (a big-time Kobe sports newspaper). The journalist who interviewed me…
Sing it with me, everyone: “Unaru suingu, kiri saku a-chi, hoero Kosuke, shobu wo kimero.” Kosuke Fukudome‘s cheer song literally says this: A whopping swing, a homer cuts through the air. Roar, Kosuke! Win it for us! This is how it went down: The Tigers gave up the first run of the game in a…
Twelve hours have passed since the home opener at Koshien ended, and I am still unable to process everything that went down. Check out a list of a few unbelievable plays/events from the game, plus video footage taken by yours truly from the 1B side at Koshien.
A few years ago when I was teaching junior high school kids, I came to a certain realization: some kids’ writing is just ugly. Can’t make out their chicken scratches to save my life. “What’s THAT supposed to say, Shota?” “W.” “THAT’s a W???” Same could be said of last night’s 2019 season opener against…
Hosts T-Ray and JD start and finish today’s show at Kyocera Dome, where they took in Opening Day together! They share their thoughts, the last preseason news, and then let listeners chime in with their Central League standings predictions! Summary below… and will be revisited in October to see if anyone will win the Hanshin…
Japanese presentation about the Hanshin Tigers for a group of fans? Check. Hanshin Tigers proficiency test (expert level) with little preparation? Check. How to cap off the weekend? Easy. Fulfill one of the rewards of the H-TEN Kickstarter Campaign: a day at Koshien with T-Ray. One kind soul, Mr. Stephen Greene (CEO of RockCorps), generously…
Coming at you from under the bridge next to Koshien Stadium! Host T-Ray is joined by co-host Jake and special guest Zorny to talk about the past two weeks of up-and-down action. They then transition to talk about the recent demotion of Wilin Rosario. Finally, they are joined by Christian of Graveyard Baseball to…
H-TEN was in the house at Koshien Stadium on Tuesday night, when history was made as Takashi Toritani‘s 1939-game ironman streak came to an end. T-Ray talks (in English and Japanese) about the game and his thoughts on Toritani. H-TENは２０１８年５月２９日の阪神対ソフトバンク戦に観戦してから、鳥谷敬の連続出場が１９３９試合で止まった、この試合の感想を伝えます。
After yesterday’s rather frustrating loss to the Dragons, the Tigers were in need of a win on Saturday at Kyocera Dome Osaka. Starting Pitchers: Takumi Akiyama (0-1, 4.50 ERA) vs. Dillon Gee (0-1, 7.50 ERA) 1 Tsuyoshi Nishioka got his first start of the year, and reached base in his first at bat via an…