Former Hanshin Tigers manager Yoshio Yoshida died Monday of a stroke, the baseball club said Tuesday. He was 91. Yoshida steered the Tigers to their first Japan Series championship in 1985 during the ...

In Nippon Professional Baseball, the Hanshin Tigers similarly suffered through the curse of the colonel. The Tigers, established in 1935, won their first Japan Series championship in 1985.

14 when the Hanshin Tigers captured ... effect across the nation of rabid Tigers' fans celebrating could surpass the benefits of Japan winning the World Baseball Classic in March.