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Trade! Iida to Buffaloes, Kobayashi to Tigers
August 29, 2020

Trade! Iida to Buffaloes, Kobayashi to Tigers

NPB announced an agreement reached between the Orix Buffaloes and the Hanshin Tigers on the 28th. The teams swap mid-career pitchers: the Tigers will deal lefty Yuya Iida (29) to the Buffaloes, who will send righty Keisuke Kobayashi (27) to the Tigers. Iida joined the Tigers in 2018 after being dealt from the SoftBank Hawks…

Game 107 @ Giants – Shunen At Last
August 27, 2018

Game 107 @ Giants – Shunen At Last

This year’s team slogan, announced last November at the team’s annual Fan Appreciation Day, is 執念 Tigers Change 2018. 執念 (shuunen) means “tenacity” and manager Tomoaki Kanemoto was hoping the slogan would give his team that extra push to be tenacious at the plate, on defense, on the mound, in all situations. But the fact…