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HANSHIN TIGERS

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 10, 2018
Veterans Shinnosuke Abe, Tetsuya Utsumi guide Giants past Tigers
Baseball might be a young man's game, but it was old-timer's night at Tokyo Dome on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Apr 23, 2018
Tigers pitcher Shintaro Fujinami at crossroads
The Hanshin Tigers have a Shintaro Fujinami problem. They just don't seem to know what to do about it.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 1, 2018
Tigers ace Messenger turned uncertainty into sure thing
The Hanshin Tigers' newest reliever stepped out of a plane and into the unknown in 2010. Waiting for him was a different style of the game he'd played all his life, not to mention the impending adjustments to a new country, new culture and new teammates.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2018
Koji Uehara delights Giants fans in season debut after nine years in MLB
Koji Uehara returned to Japan in a flurry of energy, splitters and high-fives.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 30, 2018
Tigers hurler Randy Messenger silences Giants in season-opening triumph
Whoever wins the Sawamura Award this year might want to do whatever it takes to avoid Randy Messenger and the Hanshin Tigers on Opening Day next season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB Preview
Mar 29, 2018
Carp look to remain on throne as Central League rivals prepare to mount challenge
The following is the second of a two-part NPB preview concluding with the 2018 Central League.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 15, 2018
Hideki Matsui elected to Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
Hideki Matsui already has three Central League MVPs, a World Series MVP and a People's Honor Award, and he has played for the most storied teams in both Japan and the United States.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jan 7, 2018
Hoshino's passion remained as strong as ever
Senichi Hoshino walked into a room full of reporters on a gray and rainy day in Sendai a few years back with a smile that lit up the room. This was the day after his Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles won the draft lottery for the rights to pitcher Yuki Matsui and the day prior to his team hosting Game 1 of...

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