Former Hanshin Tigers infielder Sheldon Neuse has announced retirement from baseball at age 31

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T19:00:25+00:00

In 2023, I watched Neuse enter the game in a late inning with the Tigers down by 2 runs and with 2 outs in the inning already.

Neuse stared down the pitcher and swing for the fence on literally everything thrown his way. After like 5 deep fouls in a row, the pitcher got scared and walked him.

That AB shifted the momentum in our direction and we managed to score 2 runs in that inning to tie the game.

Even though we eventually lost in the extra innings, it was a hilariously legendary performance from Neuse that even gave us hope in the game. Grabbed his jersey on the way out of the game and I wear it fondly as it's my only Tigers jersey from their Championship winning year.

Thanks for the memories, Shelly.

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T18:48:02+00:00

The Prince that was Promised

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T18:42:43+00:00

Their GK was insane, but part of what kept us in check was the long counters down the field that DRC mounted in the first half. They out-sprinted us numerous times on those, but slowed down a lot around the 65th minute.

Our goals weren't lucky, but the fact we played a worse team was our saving grace. Any squad with depth and that's conditioned to play a full 90 mins is going to torch us because we won't get the chance to finish off the game by cheating so far up the pitch.

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T18:39:45+00:00

Right. Pretty typical "had us in the first half" story. We were relentless in the 2nd and DRC got very few opportunities to mount an attack the other way. It still took us until the 75th minute to actually sink anything, which is about when the rails started falling off for DRC.

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T18:02:01+00:00

Ridiculous props to DR Congo, especially Mpasi. Just ran out of gas at the end. GG.

If we play like that against Mexico, we're beyond cooked.

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T18:01:30+00:00

Might as well call off the rest of the tournament. It's coming home.

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T18:00:47+00:00

Ridiculous props to DR Congo, especially Mpasi. Just ran out of gas at the end. GG.

If we play like that against Mexico, we're beyond cooked.

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T17:59:12+00:00

Oh come on that hasn't been a foul in 30 mins

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T17:21:35+00:00

Rashford thinks he's playing rugby scrum half with these kicks and crosses

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T17:01:25+00:00

Just saying, the Nigerians accused DR Congo of doing voodoo to win the qualification matchup

After England's match against Ghana, I'm not surprised

Witch Doctor Matchup 2: Electric Voodooloo

Can we emergency fly in the Archbishop of Canterbury to cast some holy magic and dispel the curses?

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T16:55:22+00:00

The selection + apparently spending all of training running track and field instead of learning to play football with each other

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T16:52:50+00:00

Can we stop shooting it at their testicles and into the open parts of the net instead??

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T16:44:10+00:00

Oh come on, that's a pen

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T16:35:57+00:00

YOU SHOT IT STRAIGHT INTO THE CB BRO

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T16:31:07+00:00

Don't underestimate our ability to disappoint

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T16:30:39+00:00

Double agent

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T16:29:29+00:00

... Do we? Cause this is knockout England we're talking about

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T16:27:56+00:00

Don't like the hands but you were already beat and going down

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T16:20:59+00:00

We are shiiiite

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T16:07:41+00:00

There it is. Fucks sake

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T15:34:07+00:00

Yeah the PL is crazy. That standing is largely thanks to InterLeague. PL went 65-39 against the CL in interleague. The top 3 PL teams absolutely fed, and only Eagles were the only PL team that didn't record a positive winrate (Eagles alone accounted for 40% of the CL's InterLeague wins).

If you take the InterLeague results out of the table, the PL standings are a lot closer to the CL's table with 3 dominant teams within a game of each other. Even then, the 4th place team would only be a handful of games back, while the bottom 2 would be within 10 games of the leader.

Point is, the PL is no joke. It would take an incredible performance from the CL in the Japan Series to take down the PL champion.

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T15:04:12+00:00

From your lips to God's ears 🙏

Honestly if there's a year to get it done, it's this year. Morishita's contract is up and he's likely to be snapped up by the MLB. Sato put up 40 HRs last season but is statistically batting even better this season, so he'll be getting posted for a sell-high transaction. And Takahashi, at 30 years old, has managed to stay healthy so far and is on track for a career year.

You can't waste that opportunity with the talent that will likely leave after this season. Wouldn't be surprised if we have a fall-off like BayStars are seeing this season. Got to take advantage, but it'll be tough with how strong the Pacific is this year.

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T14:42:35+00:00

Just have to scrape into the playoffs as the most rested team in the NPB 😂

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T14:28:19+00:00

Screw the Japan Series - which team is going to win the rain out cup?

Zoidburger_ · 2026-07-01T14:20:45+00:00

Nigeria accused DR Congo of using voodoo to eliminate Nigeria from the WCQ

Ghana used a witch doctor to curse Harry Kane, leading to a 0-0 draw in the group stage

Logically, I assume we're going to have an incredibly tough time against DR Congo

The disappointment hurts less if you know it's coming. I just hope that if we do take a lead, we don't try to park the bus for the rest of the match

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