From the Daily Sports Online column / デイリースポーツオンラインの連載コラムから So this is what it feels like to be a fan of the champs. The Tigers nation, myself included, is still basking in the glory of it all, in part because of the frantic pace at which the team went from tenuously holding the lead in the…
Years in which these final games matter to the standings are few and far between, and this year is no exception. What can be said is that this season, we are the champs and it does not matter if we drop more games than we win! That said, it would be nice to see the…
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, import statuses, and the last 13 games of Hanshin action (including the pennant-clinching game on September 14, attended by us both). We then declare Akinobu Okada the greatest manager in franchise history, and then take a look back on this season, naming our favorite games from each month….
From these scores, it should be clear to all that Meiji Jingu Stadium is a hitters’ park, and that Vantelin Dome Nagoya is a pitchers’ park. It is also true that the Dragons actually have a pretty good pitching staff, while the Swallows, at least on that day, did not. OK, it’s not just that…
The Tigers are historically a bad team against the Giants. Through the end of the 2020 season, it was an 827-1086-71 (.432) mark. Fortunately, the Tigers have started chipping away at that deficit in the last three years. Two years ago, it was 13-9-3 in our favor. Last year, once again there was a four-game…
Source: TV Asahi Last Thursday, the Hanshin Tigers clinched their first Central League pennant in 18 years. One photo got the attention of all. The photo’s subject has become known as Dotombori Bro. The show caught up with him and he expressed his remorse. I’m Jumping! The Miraculous Photo that Spread Around the World The…
The Hanshin Tigers had their homecoming over the long weekend. Clinching the pennant at the home ballpark on September 14 was special, but having to play on the road the day after meant that fans did not get a chance to see their champs live for a few days. Unfortunately, the bats were almost completely…
Thursday night, the Hanshin Tigers clinched their first Central League pennant since 2005, and just the sixth in club history. From what I observed on TV and in the newspapers, they were up quite late into the night (as they deserved to fully celebrate their accomplishment). They then had to travel to Hiroshima very fatigued…
As some of you have heard, I was fortunate enough to have tickets to Thursday’s game at Koshien Stadium. Truth be told, we did not plan it ahead of time to be this way, it just worked out for us. Me and Sanjay (podcast co-host) wanted to take in a game together, and since he…