Hanshin Tigers And Yomiuri Giants go Back in Time

Why Japanese baseball fans are as riveting as the game itself

The final out of the Hanshin Tigers' CL-clinching win. The Tigers brought out the jersey of fallen teammate Shintaro Yokota, who passed away from cancer earlier this year, aged just 28.

Giants' Hayato Sakamoto sets personal record with 32nd homer in triumph over Tigers - The Japan Times

All About the Hanshin Tigers

tphoto on X: Sadaharu Oh (Yomiuri Giants) Yomiuri Giants vs Hanshin Tigers at Korakuen in Tokyo, Japan 2 July 1979 Photo by Masahide Tomikoshi/TOMIKOSHI PHOTOGRAPHY / X

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Haruto Takahashi of the Hanshin Tigers throws against Yomiuri Giants News Photo - Getty Images

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