Host T-Ray is joined by co-host Sanjay and guest Gabe to talk about the fortnight that was, plus listen to T-Ray’s interview with Yellow & Black Fever author James McKnight. As a follow-up, check out this chat session that the guys did after recording the show. Recorded on: August 24, 2020 Become a Patron and…
Host T-Ray flies solo this time around. After sharing the latest team news, he recaps games 31-43 of the regular season, chooses a pitcher & hitter of the month for July, digs into Yano’s decision-making skills, and talks about the vast gap between Yusuke Ohyama’s good and bad spells. Feel free to share your thoughts…
T-Ray talks about the upcoming series with the Hiroshima Carp! Find out more about the enemy and the weekend ahead…
Source: Nikkan Sports Tigers infielder Kento Itohara, who is recovering from a broken hamate bone in his right hand, started playing catch at the team’s farm facility in Naruohama on August 4th, according to reports. The bone was broken in the July 22 game against the Hiroshima Carp (at Koshien), and he had surgery on…
Sources: Nikkan 1 / Nikkan 2 Right-handed reliever Koki Moriya (26) has slowed down his rehabilitation program recently. His right shoulder is not ready to ramp things up, and so he has been simply staying behind at Naruohama and working on his fitness. Moriya appeared in a farm game on July 28 (@ Hawks) but…
From T-Ray’s Daily Sports Column (Japanese) デイリースポーツ のコラムはこちら Summer has really hit hard the last few days here in Kansai. It’s hot, but more importantly, the Tigers have gotten hot, too! Those June Tigers (2-8 record on the month) appear to have vanished, and it’s a ton of fun watching them win a lot of…
Tora (虎) = Tiger Kichi (キチ) = short for kichigai (気違い) = lunatic We are… Episode 004: Are You Feelin’ the 2020 Tigers? This is our first chat like this since the season started, am I right, my good man? Your CTBC Brothers are on the verge of a first-half pennant, and both Kansai teams…
The Hanshin Tigers have announced, along with the rest of NPB, that it will allow a maximum of 5,000 fans to attend games between July 10 and 31. Depending on how well COVID-19 is contained at that point, stadiums could be allowed to operate at half-capacity from August 1 onward. The Tigers end their long…
WARNING! Sound quality unintentionally reflects Hanshin’s record. It is very poor. If you stop listening part-way through, or just pass on this one altogether, we completely understand. Our apologies in advance. Host T-Ray is joined Sanjay as they discuss all of the ugly play from the season’s first 9 games. They choose player(s) of the…
This is not the way any Hanshin fans expected the season to begin. After a strong showing in March (7-3-2) and June practice games (5-3-3), it looked like enough players were firing on all cylinders to give this team a shot at another 2003 or 2005 type of season. Everyone seemed to be hitting the…