Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay discuss team news, the first six exhibition games, and what has gotten into manager Akihiro Yano and his players! Then, they analyze the other five Central League teams, which should help you make predictions for the annual H-TEN Central League standings prediction contest! Details in the pinned post on H-TEN’s website….
As seen in Daily Sports Online (Japanese) / トレバーの虎場から OK, I’ve about had it. Earlier this month, I was hosting the monthly H-TEN viewing party on Zoom. I and three others sat down in front of our respective computers while watching the Tigers-Hawks game on our own TV screens. Most of them were on Toratele,…
We saved our best pitcher, Yuki Nishi, for today because he pitches well against the Carp, especially in Hiroshima. He did not disappoint. Unfortunately, their pitcher (Masato Morishita) also pitches well against us, regardless of the ballpark. The result is a regrettable loss by the slimmest of margins.
T-Ray talks about the upcoming series with the Hiroshima Carp! Find out more about the enemy and the weekend ahead…
We faced these Carp right after interleague in 2016. Lost three straight. We faced these Carp right after interleague in 2017. Lost two and had one rain out. History repeats itself. Friday: 3-5 Saturday: 3-11 Sunday: 6-11 You wanna read more about the series in which we never held the lead once? Scored one run in the…
We lost. We walked a ton of guys, many of whom came around to score. We got one home run again from a young, recent call-up. That is all. Starting Pitchers: Taiki Ono (3-0, 3.00 ERA) vs. Daichi Ohsera (4-2, 2.27 ERA) 2 Ono allowed a hit, a walk, and a beaning before giving up…
I turned on my TV at 6:30 and the score was 0-6. I turned it off and ate dinner. Turned it back on (oh, but why?) and the score was 0-9. Turned it off for good. Forget the Hanshin Tigers. Nothing can spoil my great mood today. 1st Period It was a winner-take-all scenario in…
The Tigers’ 2018 slogan is 執念 (shunen = tenacity). But up to this point, the team has really failed to show resilience in most of its games. But the boys managed to grit out a W to finish the month of April on a positive note. And the hero was our new import slugger, who…
Yesterday’s game saw our pitcher walking theirs, and ultimately giving up a home run in the same inning. We couldn’t possibly repeat the same mistake in the very next game. Could we? (Cue the cricket sound effect.) Oh, and that was just one morale killer that came after a defensive mistake. *SIGH* Starting Pitchers: Atsushi…
There was a lot of excitement about this young Tigers team, particularly the first two draft picks in 2016. The team’s future slugger and ace, respectively, had great springs. But this is one game I’m sure both of them would rather forget… Starting Pitchers: Taiki Ono vs. Kris Johnson 1 Amazing! We’re stealing bases again!…