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HANSHIN TIGERS

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 4, 2013
Balentien blasts 60th home run in defeat
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows held a farewell game for outgoing star Shinya Miyamoto on Friday, with Wladimir Balentien providing the fireworks with his 60th home run.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 14, 2013
Swallows snap losing streak in wild encounter with Tigers
A prized rookie pitcher went head-to-head with a slugger on a historical pace before a fight broke out and before and a player dove across home plate to successfully execute a suicide squeeze.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 14, 2013
Lessons on ballpark seating etiquette for Japanese baseball
Whose side are you on? Or, rather, which side are you on?
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 13, 2013
Balentien still waiting as Tigers beat Swallows
Wladimir Balentien said getting to 55 was "the hard part" in his quest to set a new single-season home run record.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 7, 2013
Giants stage comeback victory over archrival Tigers
Shuichi Murata hit a two-run homer off teenage rookie Shintaro Fujinami (10-5) in the fourth inning, and Hisayoshi Chono hit another in the fifth as the CL-leading Yomiuri Giants rallied from a run down to beat the second-place Hanshin Tigers 4-1 on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 7, 2013
Tigers outfielder Hiyama announces plan to retire
Hanshin Tigers outfielder Shinjiro Hiyama, a 22-year veteran who ranks second in the Central League in career pinch hits, said Saturday this will be his final season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 29, 2013
Chono belts game-winning HR in 10th; Giants earn sweep over Tigers
Hisayoshi Chono homered to lead off the bottom of the 10th inning on Thursday, lifting the Central League-leading Yomiuri Giants to a 3-2, come-from-behind victory over the Hanshin Tigers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 28, 2013
Murata leads charge as Giants cage Tigers
Shuichi Murata hit a two-run homer and singled in the tie-breaking run on Wednesday as the Central League-leading Yomiuri Giants beat the second-place Hanshin Tigers 5-3.
Japan Times
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 24, 2013
Tigers storm past Dragons in ninth inning
The second-place Hanshin Tigers rallied for four unanswered runs in the top of the ninth inning to beat the Chunichi Dragons 4-1 on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 20, 2013
BayStars stage wild comeback against Tigers
Reality really is sometimes stranger than fiction, and the Yokohama BayStars proved it by overcoming a 7-0 deficit en route to a 9-8 victory over the Hanshin Tigers on Tuesday night.
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 4, 2013
Tigers rookie Fujinami holds off Giants
In a matchup of rookie All-Star starting pitchers, Hanshin Tigers teenager Shintaro Fujinami worked six innings to earn the victory in Sunday's 7-0 win over the Yomiuri Giants.
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 / Japanese Baseball
Jul 31, 2013
Nishioka hopes to return this season
Hanshin Tigers second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka began rehabilitation on his injured left knee on Wednesday and said he hopes to be able to contribute to the team's pennant chase.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 30, 2013
Tigers deactivate second baseman Nishioka
Hanshin Tigers second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka was deactivated Tuesday for the first time this season with pain in his left knee.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 24, 2013
Arai roars loudest as Tigers maul Swallows
The Hanshin Tigers started the second half of the season with a one-man, midsummer fireworks show by Ryota Arai who homered twice and drove in six runs during a 12-0 victory over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Wednesday.
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.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 14, 2013
Fighters' Kisanuki shuts out Tigers
Hiroshi Kisanuki posted his first shutout as a member of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Thursday in a 3-0 interleague victory over the Hanshin Tigers, who fell from the top spot in the Central League standings.
Japan bread recalled after rat parts found inside packs
Pasco Shikishima has recalled 104,000 packs of its white Chojuku bread after parts of a rat's body were discovered in two of them.
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
The National Police Agency coined the term "tokuryū" to classify individuals involved in dark part time jobs and quasi-gangsters, using the words "tokumei" (anonymous) and "ryūdo" (fluid) to reflect their characteristics.
Nearly 6 million elderly people in Japan will have dementia by 2040
The latest figure is significantly less than a previous projection released in 2015 that said more than 8 million people would have dementia by 2040.
Thanks, tourists. Views of Mount Fuji are now blocked.
Tourists pose in front of a convenience store with Mount Fuji on Friday in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. Local residents are upset over littering, overcrowding and the inconvenience caused by the visitors.
Is Modi’s party heading for a stunning election loss?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign tactics have escalated, including anti-Muslim rhetoric and fearmongering, reflecting his ruling party's desperation.
Stormy seas ahead as Beijing and Manila trade barbs over secret deal
Philippine Marines wave to Philippine Navy personnel and the media during a resupply mission at their military outpost, the BRP Sierra Madre, a warship run aground in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in 1999, in the South China Sea, in March 2014.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Xi bristles as Macron and von der Leyen urge China to do more on Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen walk after their meeting in Paris on Monday.
How a Japanese scientist is turning the climate crisis into music
A screencap of a performance of Hiroto Nagai's “String Quartet No. 1 ‘Polar Energy Budget’” by the PRT Quartet

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