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HANSHIN TIGERS

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 27, 2013
Giants showcase winning formula in series opener against archrival Tigers
The Yomiuri Giants brought back the magic and dispatched one of their toughest rivals in the process.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 7, 2013
Losing record no reflection of Standridge's true talent
Baseball isn't always fair, and things don't always play out the way they should on the diamond. The game can be downright cruel at times really.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 3, 2013
Nakai, Nishimura thrive in pressure-packed moments for Giants
Daisuke Nakai might want to get comfortable at the Big Egg.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Aug 3, 2013
Bass still standard by which foreign players measured
Over the years I've been asked, "Who is the No. 1 foreigner to have played in Japanese baseball?"
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jul 20, 2013
Teams jockeying for playoff position to battle Giants, Tigers
At the All-Star break for the 2013 NPB season, the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers appear to have a lock on finishing in first and second place in the Central League pennant race. Unless there is total meltdown by one of them, we will be seeing them in the postseason Climax Series come October.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 9, 2013
2014 NPB season-opening series in California appears unlikely
Reader and fan of Japanese baseball Leon DeHaven in Arizona wants to know if the proposed 2014 season-opening series between the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers in Southern California (Baseball Bullet-In, April 28) is still going to happen. "I'm ready to rent a room in Anaheim," he wrote in an email....
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 24, 2013
Murton maintains torrid pace in Chiba
There's something about the Chiba Lotte Marines' home field that brings out the best in Matt Murton.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 12, 2013
Hanshin's Murton living in the moment
The natural inclination is to ask Matt Murton what's changed. To find out how, exactly, he went from the lows of an often tumultuous 2012 campaign, to hitting just about everything in sight early this year.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 28, 2013
First regular-season NPB games in U.S. nearly set
What do you make of the idea to have the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers open the 2014 Japanese baseball season in the U.S.?

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