6/7/08: Seibu (“Home” at Hitachinaka)

June 7th, 2008 Saitama Seibu Lions 5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Streak: Lost 1 (“Home” game for Tokyo at Hitachinaka) Recap: Seibu won a close-fought game at Hitachinaka in Ibaraki prefecture to split the Interleague series between the sides at two a piece. 24 year old Lions pitcher Takayuki Kishi pitched 7 and 2/3 effective [...]

Meet the Starters – the 2008 TYS Rotation (so far…)

As I write this the Swallows are languishing in 5th place in the Central League, and are generally having a torrid time in the Inter League games this year (though things have been looking up a little during the last few days). So let’s have a look at the cast of starting pitchers who have [...]