#npb

[1863-project]

(video and tweet source)

THE HANSHIN TIGERS HAVE BROKEN THE CURSE OF THE COLONEL!

For the people who don't know, in 1985, the Hanshin Tigers won their first (and at the time, only) Japan Series victory. Traditionally, they've been hard luck losers, and they're often compared to the Red Sox in the sense of their being overshadowed by the Yomiuri Giants, who, like the Yankees, have won more championships than any other team in their league.

When they won, fans resembling the players on the team were jumping into the Dotonbori Canal in Osaka - the fans would yell out a player's name, and a fan who looked like them would jump in. The problem was when they got to Randy Bass, who none of the Japanese fans looked like. They needed to find something resembling him and selected a statue of Colonel Sanders, who was white and had a beard like Bass, and threw it into the canal.

Colonel Sanders sank underwater, and the Hanshin Tigers did...horribly after that, usually coming in last in the league or close to it, to the point where the team was considered cursed by his presence in the canal. The team made the Japan Series a few times after that in the 2000s and once in the 2010s, but lost each time.

In 2009, the Colonel was located and recovered from the Dotonbori Canal, save for his left hand and his glasses. He's now at a location near Koshien Stadium, where the Tigers play their home games (and where the famed national high school baseball championships are played), and can be viewed there to this day.

Fans were, however, not convinced that they had earned the Colonel's forgiveness, since his hand and glasses were missing. In the image above, he's been given some replacement glasses, but he still lacks a left hand.

This year, Hanshin beat the Orix Buffaloes, a team that plays roughly 20 minutes away by train in Nishinomiya, 4-3 in a seven-game series. The curse is thus considered broken...so the fans did what they do best, and threw a fan dressed like Colonel Sanders into the Dotonbori Canal.

For years, this has been my favorite baseball story, and I'm so happy that I was alive to see it seen all the way through. Congratulations, Hanshin fans!

#NPB #Hanshin Tigers #Curse of the Colonel

[ilchohand]

pro!Koushuu (batter) - Hanshin Tigers ver. ² ᵒᶠ ⁴ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉˢᵉ ˢᵉʳᶦᵉˢ ᵒᶠ ᶠᵃⁿᵃʳᵗˢ ᴵ ᵐᵃᵈᵉ ᶠᵒʳ ᵐʸ ᴺᴾᴮ/ᴰᵃᶦʸᵃ ᵇᵉˢᵗᶦᵉˢ ᵃˢ ᵃ ᶜʰʳᶦˢᵗᵐᵃˢ ᵍᶦᶠᵗ

#奥村光舟 #ダイヤのA #Okumura Koushuu #daiya no ace #daiya no A #ace of diamond #ilcho fanart #NPB #Hanshin Tigers

[notpotbrownies]

Bouta have the worst day at work and to top it off att has an outage and I have no service👍🏽

#woohoo #npb

[ten-thousand-piece-suit]

#seibu lions #NPB

[sudden-stops-kill]

baseball...champions

#baseball #mlb #texas rangers #npb #hanshin tigers #cpbl #wei chuan dragons #kbo #lg twins

[screaming-for-eternally]

#japanese baseball #NPB #hanshin tigers #curse of the colonel

[snorkmi]

you must be bad at baseball if you think we fuckin

my bad at baseball ass:

#daigo kamikawabata #npb #nippon ham fighters #日本ハムファイターズ #日本ハム

[karin0punx]

Congrats Hanshin Tigers! 🐯✨️

NPB JERA CENTRAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2023 🏆

after 18 years... 👏

Glad I came to Koshien Stadium last year~

Thursday, 14 September 2023.

#hanshin tigers #tigers #npb #jera central league #champions #jera central league champions 2023 #2023 #central league #阪神タイガース #タイガース #甲子園 #to-lucky #トラッキー

[dasistleeway]

Definitely the best baseball stadium in Asia... The variety of restaurant options is fabulous...

#es con field #professional baseball #npb #hokkaido fighters #エスコンフィールド #日本ハム

[1863-project]

Update to this post: I’m trying to actively figure out whose windup they gave him.

See, they’ve been doing this for a while now. Most famously, Volo has Hisashi Iwakuma’s extremely recognizable windup, but Hop throws like Hideo Nomo and Kabu throws like Choji Murata.

Larry has more of a sidearm throw, which is an uncommon delivery in baseball. You can see it in action here:

I also made a slowed-down version to really emphasize it:

This is definitely someone’s windup specifically. I just haven’t identified whose yet. Considering how much I love baseball, I’m really happy to see Game Freak having fun with this and sneaking pitchers’ windups into the games now that they have the capability to do it.

#Pokemon #Pokemon SV #Pokemon Scarlet and Violet #Gym Leader Larry #Leader Larry #NPB #presumably #who is it

[ilchohand]

pro!Koushuu (catcher) - Hanshin Tigers ver. ⁴ ᵒᶠ ⁴ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉˢᵉ ˢᵉʳᶦᵉˢ ᵒᶠ ᶠᵃⁿᵃʳᵗˢ ᴵ ᵐᵃᵈᵉ ᶠᵒʳ ᵐʸ ᴺᴾᴮ/ᴰᵃᶦʸᵃ ᵇᵉˢᵗᶦᵉˢ ᵃˢ ᵃ ᶜʰʳᶦˢᵗᵐᵃˢ ᵍᶦᶠᵗ

#奥村光舟 #ダイヤのA #Okumura Koushuu #daiya no ace #daiya no a #ace of diamond #ilcho fanart #NPB #Hanshin Tigers

[baseballandplaid]

https://www.instagram.com/stories/hiranumashota/2995046843620340769/

#Plaid Cap #NPB #Hiroshima Toyo Carp #Ryoma Nishikawa

[archronova]

Network packet brokers (NPB)

Deskripsi menarik bisa dilihat dari video diatas.

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Secara khusus, infrastruktur ini menarik buatku, karena sekilas ku kira ini hanya module service. Namun sisi infrastruktur jaringan hal yang utama untuk mengimplementasikan konsep ini, disamping itu hardware juga harus mendukung.

#Network Packet Brokers #NPB #networksecurity #Youtube

[colloquialgoth]

#baseball #npb

[playitagin]

Apr.10.2022.佐々木朗希の完全試合

2022年 - 千葉ロッテマリーンズの佐々木朗希が史上最年少で16人目の完全試合を達成.

#Apr.10.2022 #Rōki Sasaki #perfect game #Chiba Lotte Marines #NPB

[twosecondstreet]

Every Nippon Pro Baseball Stadium: Central League

More baseball love! ⚾💖 #twosecondstreet #NPB

My wife made a vow at the start of this year: To visit every Nippon Pro Baseball (NPB) stadium across Japan. We saved our money, made our travel plans, and set out on this journey together. Next up, let’s take a look at the stadiums in the Central League. (more…)

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#Central League #Chunichi Dragons #DeNA Baystars #Hanshin Koshien Stadium #Hanshin Tigers #Jingu Stadium #Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium #Nippon Professional Baseball #NPB #NPB Central League #sports #sports in Japan #stadium #Tokyo Dome #Toyo Carp #Two Second Street #Vantelin Dome Nagoya #Yakult Swallows #Yokohama Stadium #Yomiuri Giants