Tag - pl-climax-series

 
 

PL CLIMAX SERIES

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2015
Giants finish Tigers, set up Swallows showdown
The Yomiuri Giants finally managed to cage the Hanshin Tigers once and for all.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 11, 2015
Tigers stave off elimination
As reporters left the field at the conclusion of the Hanshin Tigers' batting practice, Tom O'Malley, one of the team's hitting coaches, gave a wave and said, "We'll see you tomorrow."
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 10, 2015
Giants slip past Tigers in opener
Yoshinobu Takahashi picked up the biggest RBI of the Yomiuri Giants' season without even swinging his bat.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 1, 2014
NPB's quirky playoff rules recipe for confusion
Did the Hanshin Tigers deserve to play in this year's Japan Series? The team finished second in the Central League pennant race, seven games behind the league champion Yomiuri Giants, but the Tigers advanced to the CL Climax Series Final Stage with a controversial victory over the Hiroshima Carp in the...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 18, 2014
Tigers advance to Japan Series for first time since 2005
Check the locks on all the Colonel Sanders statues in Osaka, because the Hanshin Tigers are headed back to the Japan Series and it was a big home run from a bearded foreign star that helped get them there.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 17, 2014
Gomez's bat, Tigers relievers secure victory in Game 3
The Hanshin Tigers fans were on cloud nine in the left-field stands, giddily peppering every player's ouenka (supporter's song) with chants of, "K.O., K.O., Giants!"
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 16, 2014
Tigers stand up to Giants with commanding performance in Game 2
The Hanshin Tigers are halfway home.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 15, 2014
Tigers wipe out Giants' advantage with Game 1 win
The Hanshin Tigers were behind the Yomiuri Giants before even stepping on the field, but the Kansai club didn't waste any time getting even.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 14, 2014
Archrivals Giants, Tigers ready for Climax Series showdown
The Yomiuri Giants worked out in a mostly empty Tokyo Dome, with neither fans nor the Hanshin Tigers anywhere in sight. The Big Egg will be rocking the next time they're in it, as they square off with their oldest rivals for the right to participate in the Japan Series.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 12, 2014
Playoff system selling Japanese baseball short
The Hanshin Tigers and Hiroshima Carp on Sunday played a hotly contested, tense, and entertaining game full of momentum shifts and almost everything anyone — anyone who likes pitching and defense at least — would want out of a playoff game in which one team's season was on the line.

Longform

Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’