Hanshin admits fans to test virus measures ahead of July start
The Hanshin Tigers admitted fans to a farm team game on Tuesday to test countermeasures against the novel coronavirus before Japanese pro baseball starts welcoming spectators in July. Three hundred members of the Tigers' fan club, including local children, were selected to watch the Hanshin ...
Kazuma Okamoto, Gerardo Parra lead Giants to series sweep of Tigers
Kazuma Okamoto and Gerardo Parra both recorded home runs at Tokyo Dome as the Kyojin ended their season-opening series unbeaten.
Tigers could be ready to roar in 2020
The Hanshin Tigers are hoping the additions they made can help them capture the CL pennant this season.
The decision by Hanshin and the stadium operator will give players the mementos denied to them following the cancellation of this year's tournaments.
NPB releases first part of revised schedule for Central and Pacific Leagues.
Pro athletes with underlying conditions remain extra cautious of COVID-19 threat
Professional athletes may seem invincible, but like anyone else they can suffer from serious conditions that make them vulnerable to the coronavirus.
Matt Keough, who won 45 games for the Central League's Hanshin Tigers from 1987-89 and whose father also played professionally in Japan, has died at the age of 64, MLB's Oakland Athletics said Saturday. Keough, a special assistant with Oakland, was a member of the ...
NPB shutdown robs fans of limited chances to see aging legends
With the delayed season expected to start behind closed doors, it's unclear when Japanese baseball's elder statesmen will receive cheers from packed stands again.
Tigers pitch in with 4,500 ponchos for health care workers in Osaka
The Hanshin Tigers have donated 4,500 rain ponchos to the city of Osaka for use as emergency protective gear in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic the club revealed on Friday. Facing a shortage of protective clothing for health care workers battling the highly infectious ...
Loss of smell and taste may be symptoms of coronavirus, experts say
With more coronavirus patients reporting the loss of smell and taste, medical experts have started paying closer attention to such cases, suspecting the symptoms may be indicators of infection. Norio Sugaya, a doctor with expertise in infectious diseases at Keiyu Hospital in Yokohama, pointed out ...
Hanshin's Shintaro Fujinami one of three Tigers to test positive for coronavirus
The coronavirus crisis has reached Japanese baseball, with the Hanshin Tigers announcing Friday three players had tested positive for the virus. Pitcher Shintaro Fujinami, outfielder Hayata Ito and catcher Kenya Nagasaka were each given PCR tests for the virus on Thursday and all came back ...
Hanshin pitcher Shintaro Fujinami becomes first NPB player to test positive for coronavirus
Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shintaro Fujinami became the first professional baseball player in Japan to test positive for the new coronavirus, a source with knowledge of the matter said Thursday. The 25-year-old right-hander, considered one of the top prizes of Nippon Professional Baseball's 2012 amateur draft, ...
