Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay discuss team news, the last nine games of Tigers baseball, pick on manager Akihiro Yano and name their players of the month for June. They also discuss just how improbable a pennant is for the team in the Year of the Tiger. In the post-show show, they talk about yet another…
Some of you might remember a hot young prospect that the Hanshin Tigers drafted in 2013, who went by the name of Shintaro Yokota. He made the starting lineup in 2016 at age 20, and was one of the most touted players heading into the 2017 season. Then something happened. Chronic, unshakeable migraines during the…
Sources: Daily Sports / Daily Sports / Daily Sports Current Hanshin Tigers manager Akihiro Yano will be former manager by the end of 2022. The skipper made the announcement to the team at their pre-camp meeting on January 31 in Okinawa. This is how part of the press conference went after that meeting. How are…
Manager Akihiro Yano and his team of coaches decided on which players would practice in the relative warmth of Okinawa in February, and which would start February shivering in Kochi. Naturally, injuries and other such unforeseen circumstances could result in players changing places, but for now, the “Opening Day” (of camp) rosters have been set….
Source: Hanshin Tigers HP The Hanshin Tigers unveiled their new slogan for the upcoming season. In Japanese it is イチにカケル (ichi ni kakeru). In English, this can be roughly translated as “Betting on One” or “Putting One on the Line”. Hard to translate because it kind of has a multiplicity of meanings. Anyhow, about the…
For Daily’s article with pictures, click here The 2021 draft picks got their new uniforms today. Below is the list of new numbers given out, as well as the most recent and most famous players to have worn the numbers. Round 1: Daichi Moriki – #20: Kenichi Nakata (2020-21) / Yasuhiko “Dump” Tsuji (1968-74) “I…
Post-draft reports from 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015 For the third straight year, Hanshin manager Akihiro Yano did not divulge the team’s direction as to which player they would enter the sweepstakes for in Round 1 of the draft, which took place on Monday, October 11 in Tokyo. Once again, each club had…
In case you missed it, there was a bit of a brouhaha in the middle of last night’s game. With runners on first (Jefry Marte) and second (Koji Chikamoto) and Teruaki Sato at the plate in the top of the fifth, play stopped mid-at-bat. Voices from both benches were raised to the point that they…
Manager Akihiro Yano decides to give cleanup hitter Yusuke Ohyama the day off. Rookie Teruaki Sato gets his first start at third base, where he played his whole college career but where has yet to play a regular-season inning as a pro. And let’s give him the responsibility of batting fourth, too. Looks like a…
There are a few very important bits of news that need your attention and awareness: The State of Emergency is expected to be called off on March 21, and soon thereafter, the foreign players who have not yet arrived in Japan will be permitted entry into the country. There will be strict regulations that limit…