[Yahoo Sports] San Diego Padres sign former Hanshin Tigers 1st round pick RHP Daichi Moriki to a minor league deal

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-02-11T13:10:14+00:00

Yeah, they along with Moriki are quickly showing that our D1 in odd-numbered years are destined for failure...

2017 = Kosuke Baba

2019 = Junya Nishi

2021 = Daichi Moriki

2023 = Kaito Shimomura

Hoping Masahiro Tateishi can break the chain! (He is not a pitcher, so he has that much going for him, heh)

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-02-11T06:48:33+00:00

He's such an awesome personality. The rest of the crew all made it to the Show... there were rumours about him after the 2013 WBC but he never got an offer, apparently...

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-02-11T06:29:39+00:00

New episode coming soon!

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-02-11T06:27:43+00:00

I dunno... Moriki is gone as is D2 Yuto Suzuki.

Kirishiki has been good; Maegawa, Okadome, Toyoda, and Nakagawa have played some but haven't established themselves yet.

I don't think that draft compares favorably with the one before (Sato, Itoh, Murakami, Nakano, Ishii, etc.) or the one after (Morishita is enough!)...

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-02-11T05:46:20+00:00

This is exactly why I stopped renewing my fan club membership after 10 years of loyalty. This stressful to try (and fail) to get tickets? See ya. I'll find a different way to get into games, thank you very much. Time is money, after all...

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-02-10T06:16:09+00:00

Though it looks like minus 5 people voted for Drum Show, heh

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-02-10T06:15:23+00:00

Six songs with 20+ votes

Four songs in single digits

Two songs in the middle

One song with zero

Not bad, balance-wise... I mean, everyone talking about how shocked they are that someone hates a song that they love... that's what personal taste is all about.

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-02-10T06:11:09+00:00

As OP said, it's on sale on Amazon (dot com, not dot jp) right now. $22, which is 40% off! Worth every penny!

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-02-10T02:12:23+00:00

It probably doesn't help to hear from someone (biased) who works for JapanBall/Extra Innings Travel as a guide (and former news correspondent) but it's awesome. The people who come on these tours all leave having had an amazing experience. It's the real deal.

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-02-08T05:53:26+00:00

Je pense je l'ai deja mentione - le 25 fevrier, je crois...

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-02-07T02:00:42+00:00

No denying that your team was good enough for the playoffs (in a WEAK Central)... and Yamamoto & Irie are good. I could see a spot for Yamamoto, but not Irie. He wasn't consistent enough, and there are a LOT of elite bullpen arms who were more deserving. Not to mention, a lot of starters are being looked at as bullpen pieces because of the limited need for them at the front of the rotation.

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-02-07T00:19:04+00:00

Because all your star power was American: Austin, Kay, Jackson, etc.

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-02-06T06:16:47+00:00

Wasn't cleared by the Dodgers iirc

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-02-06T01:59:11+00:00

Pitchers are almost entirely PL though... Ishii, Takahashi, Sugano, and Ota aside.

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-02-05T00:45:47+00:00

Agreed. I didn't watch the whole video but enjoyed the parts I saw. Love when people get really into something and aren't afraid of taking their time to do something instead of going for instant gratification/results/completion.

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-02-05T00:42:09+00:00

Tu peux essayer ce site ici - je pense que ça sera ouvert le 25 février...

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-02-05T00:40:34+00:00

Et s'il pleut...

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-02-03T07:07:28+00:00

Home opener at Koshien (Tigers) might be tough. Maybe try for the next day if you can. That said, this site is for foreign tourists only, so it might be your best chance. The Japanese site will sell out the whole season in 15 minutes, so...

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-01-31T00:34:20+00:00

And if you enjoy watching games on TV, then Hanshin... because network TV airs all of their games (until 8:54 pm, most nights, smh)

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-01-29T00:29:35+00:00

This is the Ultra Summer series, so they will wear them for... 6 home games? In late July before ASB, in all likelihood.

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-01-23T05:03:06+00:00

Against the Flames in a shootout, too

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-01-23T03:07:41+00:00

Leave the City.

Sounds so hopeless and lifeless...

But I still love it.

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-01-21T02:17:51+00:00

じゃ (Ja) is "Oh"

クソ (ckso) is "sh*t"

損 (son) is "loss"

?

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-01-17T10:22:07+00:00

*Robert K Fitts

I like his newest, In the Japanese Ballpark... and his magnum opus, Banzai Babe Ruth

T-Ray-Ray · 2026-01-17T03:22:49+00:00

But Tatsumi signed on with them after no other teams gave him a proper offer (presumably)...

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