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HANSHIN TIGERS

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jul 21, 2014
Contenders begin second half with eyes on prize
While the NPB All-Star Series doesn't land exactly at the midpoint of the season it splits the year in two very well symbolically if not mathematically. No matter how you slice it, the regular season resumed on Monday, signaling the start of a two month race to the finish line.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 11, 2014
Tigers cruise past Giants for eighth straight victory
Tsuyoshi Nishioka was at the plate in the sixth inning with his team leading 4-2 and runners on second and third, when the Yomiuri Giants' Yoshiyuki Kamei trotted in from left field to serve as a fifth infielder, setting up camp between shortstop and third base.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 5, 2014
O'Malley all smiles about return to NPB with Tigers
A wry smile played across Tom O'Malley's lips as he nodded in the direction of a group of Hanshin Tigers players stretching on the ground outside of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows' indoor facility on Sunday as the Swallows wrapped up practice inside.

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