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Lunchbox at 08:42 AM JST - 27th October

Pretty cool, but why is this photoshopped? The shadows on the tower, the ball and the people are in three different directions. Is there not a real photo of the thing?

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Lunchbox at 09:22 AM JST - 29th April

Shibazakura, or Phlox or Thrift in English can be a really nice ground cover in small patches of a garden to compliment other plants, but this is overkill. Praise to the gardeners though, who have to look after this for the rest of the year, hard work in Japan with…

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Lunchbox at 08:07 AM JST - 27th April

Looks like Hanshin is having some luck with pitchers this season, Shimoyanagi, Atchinson, and Iwata are all pitching well. This new kid Iwata Has now won 3 in a row, and the Do-Anything-To-Make-A-Sensation Japanese media is already calling him G-Killer. Shame to see Uehara having such a bad run, he's…

Posted in Katsuragi, Iwata lead Hanshin over Yomiuri at 08:07 AM JST - 27th April
Lunchbox at 08:44 AM JST - 13th April

Kanemoto didn't play many games in his first 3 years, he played just 4 as a rookie. Still, 120 hits per year for 17 years is not bad. Kanemoto is 39 and still hits consistently, he has hit around 140 every year with the Tigers and has been a regular…

Posted in Kanemoto gets 2,000th career hit in Hanshin victory at 08:44 AM JST - 13th April
Lunchbox at 07:43 AM JST - 13th April

Omedeto! At Last!! I was happy last week when Kanemoto stopped on 1999 hits because his next three games were back at Koshien and I though it would be great to get his 2000th hit at home. Who would've thought it would take 15 at bats to get it... Great…

Posted in Kanemoto gets 2,000th career hit in Hanshin victory at 07:43 AM JST - 13th April
Lunchbox at 10:56 AM JST - 10th April

Koshien has been revamped, with seats instead of benches, enough room to sit down properly and even drink holders! I wish I could go back to Osaka too, and I'd love to be there when Kanemoto gets his 2000th. A home-run would be great, but a win would even better!…

Posted in Shimoyanagi gets job done as Hanshin blanks Chunichi at 10:56 AM JST - 10th April
Lunchbox at 08:01 AM JST - 9th April

I'll put my money on the old ladies tracking it down and beating the crap out of it with their grocery bags and umbrellas.

Sounds like rabies or something. Attack of the Zombie Boar!

It's a shame it died, I always enjoy watching the TV footage of the idiot cops…

Posted in Boar attacks 5 in Osaka, then barges into kindergarten at 08:01 AM JST - 9th April
Lunchbox at 07:53 AM JST - 9th April

Great to see Hiyama doing the after game "Hero Interview". It's his 17th year at Hanshin I believe, I know he was playing when I started watching Hanshin in 1993. A great consolation for the fans who turned up hoping to see Aniki get his 2000th hit.

Shame on J-Television.…

Posted in Hiyama, Arai lift Hanshin over Chunichi at 07:53 AM JST - 9th April
Lunchbox at 06:31 AM JST - 7th April

Who cares, Hanshin had already won the card and Tokyo Dome was packed with Hanshin fans who went to see Kanemoto get his record, I don't think anybody even noticed Kyojin were hitting homeruns. Hanshin are now going back to Koshien to face Chunichi tomorrow. Hanshin haven't had a home…

Posted in Sakamoto's slam powers Yomiuri in rout of Hanshin at 06:31 AM JST - 7th April
Lunchbox at 09:10 AM JST - 4th April

No mention of the fact that Rakuten have　now won 7 games in a row, and are now top of the Pacific league? Who cares about Kyojin, we all hate them.

Posted in Home run attack awakens sleeping Giants for 1st win at 09:10 AM JST - 4th April