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HANSHIN TIGERS

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 16, 2014
Gomez earning his stripes with Tigers
Mauro Gomez probably couldn't believe his luck when he saw the pitch Chris Seddon threw him.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 14, 2014
Giants close out series with tidy victory over Tigers
The Yomiuri Giants aren't giving up first place without a fight.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Aug 4, 2014
Tigers face annual 'road trip of death' in midst of CL race
Should the Hanshin Tigers be worried about the "road trip of death?" Sure, it sounds ominous, as do most things when you tack "of death" onto the end, but it's not nearly as bad as in the past. Either way, the team has to face it now.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Aug 2, 2014
Hair-raising trend sweeps across NPB diamonds
The year 2013 turned out to be the "Year of the Beard" for the Boston Red Sox. They won the World Series with most of the regular players sporting thick, full facial bushy growths that became somewhat of a team trademark.
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.
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.

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Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone. 
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan