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July 13, 2012

We're playing the Giants today. I’m going to try a new lineup today, hopefully it’ll work.

Hanshin Tigers (46-33-2) - 3
Yomiuri Giants (40-35-4) - 7

Tigers:

Lineup:
1. Riki Kawamoto – CF (0-4, DP)
2. Fumihiko Saito - 2B (2-4)
3. Takashi Toritani – SS (2-4, 2 2B)
4. Kazuteru Tani – RF (3-4, 2B, 2 HR [21, 22], 3 RBI)
5. Kiyoshi Abe – C (1-4)
6. Tomoaki Kanemoto - 1B (1-4, DP)
7. Takahiro Arai - 3B (1-4, 2B)
8. Alan Spaikes – LF (0-4, DP)
9. PITCHER (1-3)

Pitcher(s):
Minoru Iwata (6 1/3 innings, 6 runs, 6 earned)
Hirotaka Egusa (2 1/3 innings, 1 run, 1 earned)
Kyuji Fujikawa (1/3 inning, 0 runs)

Giants:

Lineup:
1. Yoshiyuki Kamei – CF (2-5, 2B, 2 RBI)
2. Edgar Gonzalez - 2B (2-5, DP, 2B)
3. Michihiro Ogasawara - 3B (2-5, SO, 2 2B, 2 RBI)
4. Hayato Sakamoto – SS (3-5, 2 2B, reached on error, HR [13], 2 RBI)
5. Tetsuya Matsumoto – LF (2-5, SO, 1 RBI)
6. Hisayoshi Chōno – RF (1-5, SO)
7. Lee Seung-Yeop - 1B (0-4)
8. Kazunari Tsuruoka – C (2-4, 2B)
9. PITCHER (1-3, sac bunt)

Pitcher(s):
Tetsuya Utsumi (9 innings, 3 runs, 3 earned)

MVP(s):
Tetsuya Utsumi – For his excellent pitching, a complete game
Yoshiyuki Kamei – Gave the Giants the lead in the 3rd, with a double

WP: Tetsuya Utsumi (5-5)
LP: Minoru Iwata (8-3)
S: --

Nishinomiya Sports
July 14, 2012
Tigers Pitching Dominance Comes to an End
– Tetsuya Utsumi
– Yoshiyuki Kamei

Koshien Stadium, Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo – Iwata didn’t perform as well as he usually does. He only went 6 1/3 innings, giving up 6 runs. Bringing his ERA back over 2. We spoke to him after the game, he stated: “Yeah, I didn’t do well today. I’ll just have to try harder next time.”

On the other hand, Giants pitcher (Tetsuya Utsumi) did excellent, throwing a complete game, letting up only 3 runs, and in the 6th, got Kanemoto to ground out into an inning ending double play, with bases loaded. All 3 of the runs came thanks to Tani. He hit a solo homerun, and a 2-run homerun.

- Takaharu Sonada

July 20, 2012

We're playing the Carp today, our lead has shrunk to 1.5 games, the Giants are gaining on us!

Hiroshima Toyo Carp (43-41-2) - 5
Hanshin Tigers (48-36-3) - 6

Carp:

Lineup:
1. Sohichiro Amaya – RF (3-6, 1 RBI)
2. Eishin Soyogi – SS (2-4, sac bunt, 1 RBI)
3. Shinnosuke Abe – C (0-5, 2 SO)
4. Kenta Kurihara - 3B (1-5, SO, HR [22], 1 RBI)
5. Masato Akamatsu – CF (4-5, HR [16], 1 RBI)
6. Akihiro Higashide - 2B (3-5, SO)
7. Justin Huber - 1B (2-4, SO, sac fly, 1 RBI)
8. Masafumi Suenaga – LF (2-4, SO)
- Jun Hirose – PH (0-1)
9. PITCHER (0-3, SO)
- Naoki Nakahigashi – PH (0-1, FC)
- Shigenobu Shima – PH (1-1)

Pitcher(s):
Kan Ohtake (7 1/3 innings, 5 runs, 5 earned)
Hideki Kishimoto (2/3 inning, 0 runs)
Ryuji Yokoyama (1 inning, 1 run, 1 earned)

Tigers:

Lineup:
1. Riki Kawamoto – CF (1-5, PO)
2. Fumihiko Saito - 2B (3-5, 2B HR [1], 1 RBI)
3. Takashi Toritani – SS (2-5)
4. Kazuteru Tani – RF (2-5, 2B, 1 RBI)
5. Kiyoshi Abe – C (2-5, DP, HR [11], 3 RBI)
6. Tomoaki Kanemoto - 1B (2-4, 2B)
7. Takahiro Arai - 3B (2-4, 1 RBI)
8. Matt Murton – LF (2-4, 2B)
9. PITCHER (0-2, 2 sac bunts)

Pitcher(s):
Atsushi Nohmi (6 2/3 innings, 1 run, 1 earned)
Tomoharu Yoshimi (1 inning, 2 runs, 2 earned)
Kyuji Fujikawa (1 1/3 inning, 2 runs, 2 earned)

MVP:
Kiyoshi Abe – Gave the Tigers the lead with a solo homerun in the 6th.

WP: Atsushi Nohmi (10-6)
LP: Kan Ohtake (9-4)
S: Kyuji Fujikawa (19)

Nishinomiya Sports
July 21, 2012
Tigers win a thriller

MAZDA Zoom-Zoom Stadium, Minami-ku, Hiroshima – Phew. What a game. What a good game. Eight runs were scored in the final 2 innings. The Carp’s starter, Kan Ohtake had a no-hitter going through 2 1/3, but it was broken up by Matt Murton, with a double. But that was just the beginning, everyone (excluding the pitcher) in the Tigers starting lineup got a hit, with Murton being the first, and Kawamoto being the last.

But the real kickstarter for the Tigers was the rookie, Fumihiko Saito. He hit his first career homerun, to tie the game at 1 each! Saito, not known for his power, spoke about it in his press conference. He stated “Good God, it’s awesome. Probably the best feeling I’ve ever felt. Ever. And I’ve got to thank the Tigers again, for giving me a chance.” Two batters later, Kiyoshi Abe (who has been in a long slump) hit a homerun to give the Tigers the lead, 2-1. They never gave that lead away, though it came close.

Atsushi Nohmi, who started in yesterday’s game, was removed in the 7th, ue to some elbow pain, the team released “Nothing major, he should be ready for his next start.” He got the win, regardless. And good news that it’s only some minor elbow pain.

- Takaharu Sonada

July 23, 2012

We're playing the last-place Swallows today, we've lost first! But we are only half a game out, so if we win today, we'll get it back!

Hanshin Tigers (48-39-3) - 4
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (38-46-5) - 6

Tigers:

Lineup:
1. Riki Kawamoto – CF (3-5)
2. Fumihiko Saito - 2B (3-5)
3. Takashi Toritani – SS (2-5, DP, 2B, HR [14], 2 RBI)
4. Kazuteru Tani – RF (2-3, HR [24], 1 RBI)
- Keisuke Kanoh – INJURY REPLACEMENT [RF] (0-1)
5. Kiyoshi Abe – C (0-4, DP, 1 RBI)
6. Tomoaki Kanemoto - 1B (1-4)
7. Takahiro Arai - 3B (0-3, SO)
- Kodai Sakurai – PH (0-1)
8. Matt Murton – LF (2-4)
9. PITCHER (1-2, sac bunt)
- Kenji Johjima – PH (0-1)

Pitcher(s):
Tsuyoshi Moriyama (7+ innings, 6 runs, 6 earned)
Shota Kimura (2 innings, 0 runs)

Swallows:

Lineup:
1. Kazuki Fukuchi – LF (3-5, SO 2 2B, 1 RBI)
2. Hiroyasu Tanaka - 2B (3-5, DP, 2 2B, 1 RBI)
3. Norichika Aoki – CF [RF] (2-5, SO, SB, DP)
4. Aaron Guiel – RF (3-4, 2B, 2 HR [21, 22], 4 RBI)
- Shin'ichi Takeuchi – DEF. REPLACEMENT [1B]
5. Jamie D'Antona - 1B (1-4)
- Yasushi Iihara – DEF. REPLACEMENT [CF]
6. Shinya Miyamoto - 3B (0-4)
7. Takahiro Araki – SS (0-4)
8. Ryohei Kawamoto – C (1-4)
9. PITCHER (1-3, 2B)
- Yuichi Matsumoto – PH (0-1)

Pitcher(s):
Masato Nakazawa (7+ innings, 4 runs, 4 earned)
Takehiko Oshimoto (1 inning, 0 runs)
Miyagi (1 inning, 0 runs)

MVP(s):
Takehiko Oshimoto – For his clutch pitching performance
Hiroyasu Tanaka – Gave the Swallows the lead in the third, with an RBI double

WP: Masato Nakazawa (8-4)
LP: Tsuyoshi Moriyama (5-3)
S: Miyagi (8)

Nishinomiya Sports
July 24, 2012
Tigers Lose a Heartbreaker
– Takehiro Oshimoto
– Hiroyasu Tanaka

Koshien Stadium, Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo – Aw! So close! The Tigers had the bases loaded with 2-outs in the bottom of the 9th, with Toritani up (who had already hit a homerun in the game), down by two, it was looking good. BUT, no. Toritani lined out to second, end of game. Awwwwww… What? No matter, it was a good game nonetheless.

And also in yesterday’s game, Kanemoto, who isn’t known for his defense, made 3 excellent plays. In the top of the 1st, Kanemoto and Tani were faced with a shallow fly ball right on the foul line, Kanemoto called Tani off. Kanemoto dove (backwards!) and made an excellent catch to end the inning. In the top of the 5th, Kanemoto made a nice jumping catch, and doubled it up, ending that inning. And finally in the 7th, the pitcher (Nakazawa) was up and showed bunt on the first pitch. Kanemoto then instructed the infield to go into bunting distance, Nakazawa picked up on this, and faked a bunt. He swung, and Kanemoto dove… He caught it! He caught it! He dove the second it came off the bat and caught it! Pretty good, for someone who is 42 years old. We spoke to him after the game about this play in particular. He stated “Well, I may have hurt my back a little. But no, it actually felt pretty great to make some diving catches again.”

Also in yesterday’s game, Tani made a jumping effort to catch Aaron Guiel’s second homerun, but to no avail. He smashed into the wall, and was taken out of the game for precautions, the organization was originally concerned of the possibility of a concussion, but Jack Allen, the GM stated “Nothing major, he only got the wind knocked out of him. We were thinking that it could have been a concussion, but that was proved otherwise, Tani should be back in a day or two.” We hope so Jack, we hope so.

- Takaharu Sonada

This is back! After almost a month, I have decided I'm going to start this up again, though it may not be updated frequently (due to my baseball tryouts going on this week, and then the season following it). But regardless, here is a story update!

July 25, 2012

Oh boy, today has been a boring day. Nothing to do, no baseball, no dog (due to him getting his haircut), no nothing.
*Ring-ring-ring-ring*
"My phone!"
I picked up my phone to hear the Owner speaking with Preston, just finishing his sentence.
"H-hello?" I said
"Hello? Jack?" The Owner questioned back at me
"Yes, what do you need sir?"
"Preston's just found some new players, get down here, now."
"Okay, sir, I'll be right there!"
"Good."
He hung up.
And as he did, I exploded with joy. Something to do! Hooray!

I rushed down to the office, and met Preston and Mark at the door, they seemed excited to show me these new players, and if they were excited, I was excited.
We all headed into Preston's office (which was very clean).
"Al-All right, si- Jack, we, uh, found some new players." Mark said.
"Yeah, we found 3 new kids tearing up the high school circuit." Preston added.
"Really now? Who are they?" I asked
"Well, this is the interesting part, nobody really knows who they are, they just showed up, and boy, did they show up." Preston said
"Yeah, um, we don't really even, uh, know their names." Mark (hesitantly) added
"Hm? What? You don't know their names?"
"No one does, sir. They're, well, I dunno. They're just great. Listen here: We, along with everyone else (and even themselves), call them X, Y, and Z." Preston stated
"X, Y, and Z?"
"Yes sir, we, uh, called them X, Y, and, uh, Z." Mark said
"Alright, so, tell me about them, where do they play, what are their strengths?" I asked
"Well, weirdly, they all play at different schools, Z plays at Pawafour University." Preston said
"Pawafour, eh? We've gotten some really good talent out of there, where does he play?" I asked
"Short, sir." Preston said
"Hm... We've got a pretty solid shortstop staff, who's next?"
"Well, uh, next is, uh, X. He plays at, um... Kaitou University." Mark said
"Kaitou?! That's the best baseball school in the area!" I said
"It is! Oh, and also, I forgot to say, Z is a very balanced, and versatile player. Whereas X is all offensive, he plays a mean second, but has a sub-par arm. His bat, is where he shines." Preston said
"Awesome, awesome. What about Y?"
"Now, Y, SHE is very, very fast. VERY fast." Preston said, with a strong emphasis on the "SHE" and the "VERY"
"Wait, wait, wait, wait. She?" I asked
"Yep, she is, umm, awesome!" Mark added
"Where does she play?" I asked
"She plays at Kashimashi Prep." Preston said
"Kashimashi? I thought they didn't have a baseball team."
"Well, uh, they do now." Mark stated
"Yeah! And Y actually was the one who started it. She (along with 2 friends) made a baseball team up from scratch." Preston added
"Awesome! Where does she play?"
"She occupies center, sir. And with her in center, Z at short, and X at second, we would have a triangle where nothing would land, since they're all superb fielders, and can cover a ton of ground." Preston said
"And, uh, also they would be, uh, good for the lineup too."
"I'm liking it. Preston, Mark get more info on these 3, and report back to me in 2 weeks. I want to know about X, Y, and Z!" I said, and with that I was out the door.

And on my way back home. To continue loafing around, on this boring day.

I haven't finished these 3 yet, but I should be done with them within 2 weeks, so, yeah. Hope you liked this!

X,Y,Z...lol, that's funny. What are their stats?

Well, they aren't finished yet, but what I'm planing on is:

X
AGE, YEARS PRO, POSITION, 2ND POSITION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
21, 0, 2B, N/A, R/R, 4, E, A, F, F, B, A

Y
AGE, YEARS PRO, POSITION, 2ND POSITION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
21, 0, OF, N/A, L/R, 2, D, D, A, C, A, A

Z
AGE, YEARS PRO, POSITION, 2ND POSITION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
21, 0, SS, N/A, S/R, 3, C, C, B, C, B, A

I hope that I can get them to be this good, though, no promises.

I don't care about the other two, but you need Y. Y provides versatility (outfielders can play all 3 outfield positions in this game) and she'll bring a huge (yet fictional) fanbase to the Tigers. Not to mention she's an amazing defender.

Yeah, I'm thinking the same, and plus, I have an outfield position ready (I can take out Murton for her) so I think I'll only go for Y.

I agree. Y is by far the most versatile and interesting. X is a relatively poor defender and single-skilled, and Z is decent but you already have a good shortstop

I hope you'll give them actual names when you make them though.

Kind of ironic that Y is the girl since Y is the male chromosome and all. (Sorry. We're studying genetics.)

Genius Points +1

+2

And hm... I never thought about that. Good catch, my friend.

Oh, and by the way, I'll be continuing this soon. Sorry for the long hiatus.

Whoa, it's been 2 months, 1 week, and 5 days since I last made a game update (and, in fact, since I’ve even played this game). Without further adieu, here is an update.

July 27, 2012

The (first) all-star game is upon us! From the Tigers we have: Toritani and Tani starting, and Abe, Kanemoto, and Kawamoto on the bench. For pitching we have Iwata (who is getting the starting bid!) Fujikawa, and Nohmi, who are both in the bullpen. This should be a great game!

All-Star Game 1

Pacific League - 3
Central League - 7

Pacific League:

Lineup:
1. Tomotaka Sakaguchi – RF (1-2, SB)
- Kim Tae-Kyun – PH [1B] (0-2)
2. Yoshio Itoi – CF (1-2)
- Saburo Ohmura – PH [RF] (2-2, 2B)
3. Hiroyuki Nakajima – DH (0-1, DP, sac fly, 1 RBI)
- Keiji Ōbiki – PH [DH] (0-2)
4. Tsuyoshi Nishioka – SS (2-4, 2B, K, HR, 2 RBI)
5. Takeya Nakamura - 1B (1-2)
- Takumi Kuriyama – DEF [CF] (1-2, 2B)
6. Shoitsu Ohmatsu – LF (1-4, 2 DP)
7. Hidenori Tanoue – C (0-2)
- Masahiko Tanaka – PH [C] (0-1)
8. Tadahito Iguchi - 2B (0-2)
- Greg LaRocca – PH (0-1)
9. Nobuhiro Matsuda - 3B (0-3)

Pitcher(s):
Yu Darvish (3 innings, 2 runs, 2 earned)
Brian Falkenborg (2/3 inning, 3 runs, 3 earned)
Kenji Tomura (0 innings, 2 runs, 2 earned)
Yoshihiro Itoh (2 1/3 innings, 0 runs)
Tadashi Settsu (2 innings, 0 runs)
Jon Leicester (1 inning, 0 runs)

Central League:

Lineup:
1. Takashi Toritani – SS [3B] (2-5, 2B, 2 RBI)
2. Masato Akamatsu – CF (1-4, BB)
3. Kazuteru Tani – RF (2-2)
- Kei Morino - INJURY REPLACEMENT [RF] [1B] (1-3, 2B, 1 RBI)
4. Shuichi Murata – LF [RF] (2-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI, PO)
- Justin Huber – DEF [RF]
5. Tony Blanco - 1B (2-3, HR, 1 RBI)
- Riki Kawamoto – PR [LF] (2-2, PO)
6. Kazuhiro Wada – DH (1-3)
- Tomoaki Kanemoto – PH [DH] (0-1)
7. Shinnosuke Abe – C (0-3)
- Kiyoshi Abe – PH [C] (0-1)
8. Michihiro Ogasawara - 3B (1-3, HR, 1 RBI)
- Hayato Sakamoto – DEF [SS] (0-1)
9. Jose Castillo - 2B (1-3, 2B)
- Edgar Gonzalez – PH [2B] (0-1)

Pitcher(s):
Minoru Iwata (3 innings, 1 run, 1 earned)
Atsushi Nohmi (3 innings, 0 runs)
Norihito Kaneto (1 inning, 0 runs)
Mike Shultz (1 inning, 0 runs)
Akifume Takahashi (1/3 inning, 2 runs, 2 earned)
Takuya Asao (2/3 inning, 0 runs)

MVP:
Michihiro Ogasawara: Gave the Central League the lead in the early going with his solo homerun

WP: Atsushi Nohmi
LP: Yu Darvish
S: --

Nishinomiya Sports
July 28, 2012
Central League is Victorious!
– Michihiro Ogasawara


Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome, Fukuoka City – The Central League comes out on top in a 7-3 victory! They took an early lead thanks to long-time headache Michihiro Ogasawara, who hit a solo homerun in the 2nd inning; right after Tony Blacno tied it up with a solo blast of his own. As a whole, the Central League did very well, behind Giants manager Tatsunori Hara.

Seven of the eight Tigers players elected in played, the only one not appearing (shockingly) was Kyuji Fujikawa, he stated why, saying “My right arm hurt me a bit when we were throwing in the bullpen, I didn’t want to risk an injury, so I asked not to pitch. Great game though, wasn’t it?”

Speaking of injuries, Tani came out of the game in the 3rd inning after diving into a wall to try and make the catch; he came out, but says that he is alright, thankfully.

- Takaharu Sonada

All-Star Game 2

Central League - 10
Pacific League – 4

WP: Takuya Asao
LP: Tadashi Settsu
S: --

(This game was simmed)

The Yahoo Dome might be my new favorite stadium name. Great American Ballpark is still tough to beat.

How about "MAZDA Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima"? That's a pretty awesome name.