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The all-Kansai Japan Series between the Hanshin Tigers and the defending champions, the ORIX Buffaloes is now over. And the Hanshin Tigers are the champs! The Hanshin Tigers and the Orix Buffaloes were tied 3 wins apiece and with one game left, the Hanshin Tigers Read More …
Hanshin Tigers fans who hoped their team would finally win a Japan Series for the first time in 38 years, learned that the defending champs, the ORIX Buffaloes were not going to give up without a fight! The ORIX Buffaloes took game 6 with a Read More …
Down 2 games to 1 in the Japan Series, the Hanshin Tigers won their Wednesday and Thursday games to now be 3-2 in the best of seven series. In a thrilling game five, Hanshin Tigers came alive in the eighth inning to score six runs Read More …
The Climax Series is now over and now we have a showdown as the Hiroshima Carp win 4-2 against the Yokohama DeNA Baystars to secure a Central League finals matchup against the dominating Hanshin Tigers. Meanwhile, the Chiba Lotte Marines beat the Softbank Hawks with Read More …
Hanshin Tigers won the Central League championship for the first time in 18 years and right now, both Kansai teams are on top, Osaka’s Hanshin Tigers of the Central League has the best record with 80 wins and 44 losses. While the Osaka/Kobe Orix Buffaloes Read More …
The Hanshin Tigers and Orix Buffaloes continue to top the NPB. The Tigers have a 5 game lead ahead of the Hiroshima Carp in the Central League. While last year’s NPB champions, the Orix Buffaloes have a commanding l0.5 game lead ahead of the Chiba Read More …
Back in March 26th, Fujinami Shintaro was one of the first athletes announced with testing positive for COVID-19. As players have returned to practice, unfortunately for Fujinami (26) because he was late for practice on May 28th, he was not allowed to go on the Read More …
The Hanshin Tigers announced that Obata Ryuhei (19) has undergone a PCR test to check if he is infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). UPDATE: Obata’s test was negative. Obata had a fever with a 37 degree celsius temperature, but has not exhibited lost taste Read More …
More people who have had contact with Fujinami Shintaro (25) have tested positive for COVID-19. Fujinami was the first active baseball player to test positive. A few days ago, Fujinami visited a doctor at a hospital due to not being able to smell and taste Read More …
Hanshin Tigers pitcher Fujinami Shintaro (25) has tested positive for COVID-19. Fujinami becomes the first active baseball player to test positive. A few days ago, Fujinami visited a doctor at a hospital due to not being able to smell and taste anything. He was unable Read More …
When Hanshin Tigers catcher Haraguchi Fumihito (26) created his own Twitter account, many thought it would be a Haraguchi preparing for a wonderful new season. But fans were shocked when the first post from Haraguchi was that he had colorectal cancer: pic.twitter.com/vwopGazUxf — 原口文仁 (@fumihit94) Read More …
For fans of Japanese baseball, the podcast to listen to is the Japanese Baseball Weekly Podcast hosted by John E. Gibson and Jim Allen. This podcast is in English! In podcast episode Vol. 8.27, Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss a visit with Wilin Read More …
For fans of Japanese baseball, the podcast to listen to is the Japanese Baseball Weekly Podcast hosted by John E. Gibson and Jim Allen. In podcast episode Vol. 8.04, Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss an interview with Hanshin Tigers ace Randy Messenger, talk Read More …