Hanshin Tigers!

thorgrimfile · Sep 3, 2003, 02:14

Wow, I ran a search, and found almost nothing about the hottest thing in Japan right now, outside of Bob Sapp and the summer weather. Any other Tiger's fans out there? Let's go, Georgie!

budd · Sep 3, 2003, 05:44

a few of my friends are from osaka
i tried to get some baseball caps while over there, but i need to look harder i guess

about all i found was overpriced amer stuffs
and all i got was an anpanbon hand towel! maaaan!

Dream Time · Sep 3, 2003, 05:52

Yomiuri Giants

I like this team,but I don't get a chance to watch Japanese baseball games here,when I was a kid in Hong Kong,my mother promised me to buy me a Yomiuri Giants jersey but she never did

budd · Sep 3, 2003, 08:52

article
just bought this last week, loving it
from chapter 6 "Tora-Kichi"
"Living in Kansai is synonymous with rooting for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. even people who hate baseball will say they hope Hanshin wins. There are two other teams in Kansai, the Orix Bluewave in Kobe and the Kintetsu Buffaloes of Osaka Prefecture, but they do not command nearly as much support or attention as Hanshin. This is not to say that Hanshin is a good team; in fact, since they were formed in 1935, they have only once won the Nihon Series, Japan's national championship. Most years find them languishing in the cellar of the Central League, which only seems to increase their lovability as the underdog. So don't be surprised when, even at the end of a formal banquet, the company president, the corporate vice-president asks everyone to stand up and sing the Hanshin Tigers fight song, Rokkou Orishi
Memorizing the words to Rokkou Oroshi, accurately called Hanshin Taigasu no Uta, is a sure way to become popular in Kansai (and hated in Tokyo). Most karaoke clubs in the area have the song on their menu, and everyone in the place will surely join in singing it, especially near the end of the summer."
ok my fingers hurt (no jokes please!)

alexi32 · Sep 3, 2003, 10:45

Last month when I was in Shiga, my girlfriend's family would all be watching the Tigers on TV. while the grandparents would do the Buddist shrine thing, all in the same room.

They all Tiger's crazy, when I met these guys in a ska band called Doberman, I was like 'hey you from Osaka' and I started doing a mock 'Hanshin song' like the ones played in the Hakaido supermarket next to all the HanshinTigers food snacks.
Then I met other Osaka folks, I still did the 'mock Hanshin theme' I would sing about swimming in the river, in Osaka.
(Kinda crazy that)

thorgrimfile · Sep 4, 2003, 00:19

Apparently, the Tigers have had a long tradition of sucking. But this year, they are more than 15 games or so ahead of the 2nd place team (currently the hated Giants), and their 'magic number' is less than 10.
When crazy Osaka people (and Tiger's fans are considered crazy - I've actually seen old footage of huge brawls in stadiums between Tiger's fans and others, something you associate with Eurpoean soccer hooligans, not polite Japanese!), they often jump into the Dotonburi River (a filthy canal in the heart of downtown Osaka!). I saw this myself when the Japanese soccer team did fairly well during the last World Cup. I expect it will be a nasty human soup in the Dotonburi if the Tigers win the series.
There's also a legend regarding the recent suckyness of the Tigers, since their last and only championship in the mid-80s. The rumor is that some drunken fans stole a plastic Colonel Sanders statue from in front of a KFC, and tossed it into the river, where it sank to the slimy bottom and dissappeared. Supposedly the Colonel (the statue, not the real one, I guess)was not happy with this, and placed a curse on the team, that the Tigers would never win the J-Series unless he was found. Well, maybe he has decided to forgive them, as I haven't heard anything about a Cl. Sanders statue having been dregged up (it has to be wedged under a mountain of stolen bycicles and other garbage at the bottom of the Dotonburi!).
Well, there's my story!

budd · Sep 4, 2003, 08:45

hahahahahahahaha!

alexi32 · Sep 5, 2003, 10:24

A good story worth telling my future childen!
Fear the beared confederate!
but does anyone know the real Hanshin no uta? I starting to get imbarressed at not knowing the real song!

budd · Sep 5, 2003, 11:12

ok, i'll type it up over the weekend

thorgrimfile · Sep 6, 2003, 03:09

I just sing along with the final chorus,
"HAN-SHIN TIGERS, fure, fure fure fure (sounds like 'fle, fle fle fle', and according to my girlfriend, means something like 'la, la la la'). Seems to make Japanese people happy (I guess amused would be more like it) when I sing it

budd · Sep 6, 2003, 07:23

i'm amused too!

alexi32 · Sep 7, 2003, 11:34

thorgrimfile,
how strange!
yesterday my jap GF too was singing the Hanshin no uta to me straight off the top of her head! Maybe they get taught it in schools, at birth?
Your GF from Kansai?
She's a real Kansai girl! Oh yeah!
okini!
nandeane!

ganbatte!

budd · Sep 9, 2003, 00:23

jpn

budd · Sep 16, 2003, 23:13

i heard they won.

CANON · Sep 17, 2003, 14:33

WOOO HOOO!! TIGERS WIN

jim_jp · Sep 17, 2003, 19:26

budd · Sep 18, 2003, 08:14

http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/6-13-2003-41640.asp
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,38...105806,00.html
http://www.japanesebaseball.com/foru...17&thread=3029
really good?
http://www.japanesebaseball.com/foru...=8&thread=1779
man, i wonder if it was like when Japan won the cup... *sigh*

alexi32 · Sep 18, 2003, 12:50

Tigers won! Oh yeah, my team they did it for me too! GRRR GRRR!

budd · Sep 19, 2003, 02:19

well, where the pictures of people in the dotonburi? drop it off thanks

Sep 3, 2003, 02:14	#1
thorgrimfile Junior Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2003 Location: Seattle Posts: 16	Hanshin Tigers! Wow, I ran a search, and found almost nothing about the hottest thing in Japan right now, outside of Bob Sapp and the summer weather. Any other Tiger's fans out there? Let's go, Georgie! __________________ I need to think of something witty...

Sep 3, 2003, 05:44	#2
budd __________ Join Date: Jul 10, 2003 Posts: 1,972	naw, we about it here a few of my friends are from osaka i tried to get some baseball caps while over there, but i need to look harder i guess about all i found was overpriced amer stuffs and all i got was an anpanbon hand towel! maaaan!

Sep 3, 2003, 08:52	#4
budd __________ Join Date: Jul 10, 2003 Posts: 1,972	mokkarimakka! article just bought this last week, loving it from chapter 6 "Tora-Kichi" "Living in Kansai is synonymous with rooting for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. even people who hate baseball will say they hope Hanshin wins. There are two other teams in Kansai, the Orix Bluewave in Kobe and the Kintetsu Buffaloes of Osaka Prefecture, but they do not command nearly as much support or attention as Hanshin. This is not to say that Hanshin is a good team; in fact, since they were formed in 1935, they have only once won the Nihon Series, Japan's national championship. Most years find them languishing in the cellar of the Central League, which only seems to increase their lovability as the underdog. So don't be surprised when, even at the end of a formal banquet, the company president, the corporate vice-president asks everyone to stand up and sing the Hanshin Tigers fight song, Rokkou Orishi Memorizing the words to Rokkou Oroshi, accurately called Hanshin Taigasu no Uta, is a sure way to become popular in Kansai (and hated in Tokyo). Most karaoke clubs in the area have the song on their menu, and everyone in the place will surely join in singing it, especially near the end of the summer." ok my fingers hurt (no jokes please!)

Sep 3, 2003, 10:45	#5
alexi32 Regular Member Join Date: Aug 29, 2003 Location: Hertfordshire Age: 29 Posts: 74	Go Tigers! Last month when I was in Shiga, my girlfriend's family would all be watching the Tigers on TV. while the grandparents would do the Buddist shrine thing, all in the same room. They all Tiger's crazy, when I met these guys in a ska band called Doberman, I was like 'hey you from Osaka' and I started doing a mock 'Hanshin song' like the ones played in the Hakaido supermarket next to all the HanshinTigers food snacks. Then I met other Osaka folks, I still did the 'mock Hanshin theme' I would sing about swimming in the river, in Osaka. (Kinda crazy that) __________________

Sep 18, 2003, 08:14	#17
budd __________ Join Date: Jul 10, 2003 Posts: 1,972	motto discussion? :p http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/6-13-2003-41640.asp http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,38...105806,00.html http://www.japanesebaseball.com/foru...17&thread=3029 really good? http://www.japanesebaseball.com/foru...=8&thread=1779 man, i wonder if it was like when Japan won the cup... sigh

Sep 3, 2003, 05:52	#3
Dream Time basketballman Join Date: Jul 20, 2003 Location: Vancouver,BC / Chinese Age: 24 Posts: 612	Yomiuri Giants I like this team,but I don't get a chance to watch Japanese baseball games here,when I was a kid in Hong Kong,my mother promised me to buy me a Yomiuri Giants jersey but she never did

Sep 4, 2003, 00:19	#6
thorgrimfile Junior Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2003 Location: Seattle Posts: 16	Apparently, the Tigers have had a long tradition of sucking. But this year, they are more than 15 games or so ahead of the 2nd place team (currently the hated Giants), and their 'magic number' is less than 10. When crazy Osaka people (and Tiger's fans are considered crazy - I've actually seen old footage of huge brawls in stadiums between Tiger's fans and others, something you associate with Eurpoean soccer hooligans, not polite Japanese!), they often jump into the Dotonburi River (a filthy canal in the heart of downtown Osaka!). I saw this myself when the Japanese soccer team did fairly well during the last World Cup. I expect it will be a nasty human soup in the Dotonburi if the Tigers win the series. There's also a legend regarding the recent suckyness of the Tigers, since their last and only championship in the mid-80s. The rumor is that some drunken fans stole a plastic Colonel Sanders statue from in front of a KFC, and tossed it into the river, where it sank to the slimy bottom and dissappeared. Supposedly the Colonel (the statue, not the real one, I guess)was not happy with this, and placed a curse on the team, that the Tigers would never win the J-Series unless he was found. Well, maybe he has decided to forgive them, as I haven't heard anything about a Cl. Sanders statue having been dregged up (it has to be wedged under a mountain of stolen bycicles and other garbage at the bottom of the Dotonburi!). Well, there's my story!

Sep 4, 2003, 08:45	#7
budd __________ Join Date: Jul 10, 2003 Posts: 1,972	hahahahahahahaha!

Sep 5, 2003, 10:24	#8
alexi32 Regular Member Join Date: Aug 29, 2003 Location: Hertfordshire Age: 29 Posts: 74	A good story worth telling my future childen! Fear the beared confederate! but does anyone know the real Hanshin no uta? I starting to get imbarressed at not knowing the real song!

Sep 5, 2003, 11:12	#9
budd __________ Join Date: Jul 10, 2003 Posts: 1,972	ok, i'll type it up over the weekend

Sep 6, 2003, 03:09	#10
thorgrimfile Junior Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2003 Location: Seattle Posts: 16	I just sing along with the final chorus, "HAN-SHIN TIGERS, fure, fure fure fure (sounds like 'fle, fle fle fle', and according to my girlfriend, means something like 'la, la la la'). Seems to make Japanese people happy (I guess amused would be more like it) when I sing it

Sep 6, 2003, 07:23	#11
budd __________ Join Date: Jul 10, 2003 Posts: 1,972	i'm amused too!

Sep 7, 2003, 11:34	#12
alexi32 Regular Member Join Date: Aug 29, 2003 Location: Hertfordshire Age: 29 Posts: 74	thorgrimfile, how strange! yesterday my jap GF too was singing the Hanshin no uta to me straight off the top of her head! Maybe they get taught it in schools, at birth? Your GF from Kansai? She's a real Kansai girl! Oh yeah! okini! nandeane! ganbatte!

Sep 9, 2003, 00:23	#13
budd __________ Join Date: Jul 10, 2003 Posts: 1,972	jpn

Sep 16, 2003, 23:13	#14
budd __________ Join Date: Jul 10, 2003 Posts: 1,972	i heard they won.

Sep 17, 2003, 14:33	#15
CANON Regular Member Join Date: Feb 12, 2003 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Age: 28 Posts: 32	WOOO HOOO!! TIGERS WIN

Sep 17, 2003, 19:26	#16
jim_jp Junior Member Join Date: Sep 15, 2003 Posts: 8

Sep 18, 2003, 12:50	#18
alexi32 Regular Member Join Date: Aug 29, 2003 Location: Hertfordshire Age: 29 Posts: 74	Tigers won! Oh yeah, my team they did it for me too! GRRR GRRR!

Sep 19, 2003, 02:19	#19
budd __________ Join Date: Jul 10, 2003 Posts: 1,972	well, where the pictures of people in the dotonburi? drop it off thanks

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