Tora (虎) = Tiger Kichi (キチ) = short for kichigai (気違い) = lunatic We are… Episode 003: Baseball’s Back! The long baseball — and Two Talkin’ Torakichi — hiatus is over! Good to be back, isn’t it, my good man? Indeed over my friend!! Feels good to be back talking Tigers baseball and I couldn’t…
Japanese Column in Daily Sports / トレバーの虎場から Yesterday, I learned that the relationship between players and fans is a fundamental element of professional baseball. Though Opening Day has been delayed by nearly 3 months, and it’s caused a lot of boredom in its fans, I’m sure many of the players feel a hole in their…
Japanese baseball fans, the wait is almost over. On the same day that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced an end to the nationwide state of emergency, Commissioner Atsushi Saito made an official announcement about the start of the season. All twelve teams will open the 2020 season in empty stadiums on Friday, June 19. This…
The way things have been going in the world recently, the timing of reviewing this book seems apt. Do you remember Japanese baseball? It really hasn’t been that long since we’ve watched the game, but it sure feels that way. This “time off” has given me an opportunity to read through a book that I…
Source: デイリースポーツ トレバーの虎場 Go away, COVID-19! You’ve kept baseball away from us long enough, already! It’s bad enough that you scared us with Shintaro Fujinami and friends, plus ex-coach Atsushi Kataoka. But to keep us baseball fans in limbo this long… well, that’s just cruel. (Not to mention millions of infections worldwide.) As a Hanshin…
Sources: Daily Sports (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) The Hanshin Tigers returned to the field on Wednesday after nearly three weeks of inactivity. Workouts have been staggered and limited to fewer players than usual. After having three players test positive for COVID-19 at the end of March (off the field), extra precautionary measures are being…
Source: Yahoo / Sponichi Katsumi Hirosawa (KH), who was the team’s 81st ever #4 hitter, sat down to talk with new infielder Justin Bour (JB), who is primed to become the 105th #4 hitter in team history. They talked about the right-field winds at Koshien Stadium (a.k.a. hamakaze), making adjustments to Japanese baseball, home runs……
Host T-Ray is joined by JD and Sanjay as they go over the preseason games, explain NPB’s cancellation of spectator-games for the rest of preseason, and then talk about who belongs in the starting order on Opening Day, plus, who belongs in the rotation, the bullpen, and on the bench. Finally, the annual Central League…
For those of you who cannot get to Koshien Stadium for a game, Kyocera is your best chance to watch them as the home team. Here’s how you can get tickets.
Baseball legend, ambassador, and one-time Hanshin Tigers manager Katsuya Nomura passed away on February 11 at the age of 84. The cause of death was listed as coronary artery disease. Nomura was born and raised in Kyoto, Japan, and played for the Nankai Hawks (based in Osaka at the time) for much of his career…