June 21st, 2008 Orix Buffaloes 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 1. Last 5: LWWLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo celebrated recent import Wilson’s (Valdez goes by his first name, Wilson, on his jersey) first start with a win at home in the rain. Wilson made his case for staying in the starting lineup
The Tsubamegun Grows
June 20, 2008 By Leave a Comment
While this site is yet quite young, it appears there’s more interest in our swift little birds of Tokyo than we realized (and a growing interest in Japanese baseball in general.) Last night, Thursday, June 13th, sometime in the evening, almost exactly two weeks, down to the hour, after we started this blog, Tsubamegun: The [...]
6/19/08 – Softbank (Home)
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6/18/08 – SoftBank ("Home" at Nagano)
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Is Sacrifice Bunting Worth It?
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Takatsu is a Hero
June 16, 2008 By 1 Comment
Yakult legend and Japanese all-time saves leader Shingo Takatsu has joined South Korean outfit the Woori Heroes (formally known as the Hyundai Unicorns). Takatsu has 286 career saves in the NPB, all for the Swallows in 598 games, as well as earning the nickname Mr. Zero for never having given up a run in [...]
6/15/08 – Nippon Ham (Away)
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June 15th, 2008 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 1 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWWLW (Away Game: Sapporo Dome) Swallows veteran shortstop Shinya Miyamoto got his 1500th career hit and starter Kyouhei Muranaka got his first win since May 9th as Yakult downed Nippon Ham in Sapporo. Muranaka pitched a shutout seven innings with 9 strikeouts [...]
6/14/08: Nippon Ham (Away)
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June 14th, 2008 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2 Streak: Lost 1 (Away Game: Sapporo Dome) A bases loaded passed ball in the 10th inning won a tight game for the fighters at Sapporo Dome on Saturday night. Yakult starter Ryo Kawashima looked more like his old self going 6 innings of one run pitching off 4 hits for a [...]
Hatakeyama Finally Gets His Shot
June 14, 2008 By Leave a Comment
We’ve had plenty to be pessimistic about over the last couple months years, so I thought it might be a good idea to talk about one of the positives that the team can claim at the moment. Meet infielder Kazuhiro Hatakeyama. The 26-year-old from Iwate prefecture is currently in his 8th season with the club, [...]
6/12/08: Rakuten (Away)
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June 12th, 2008 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 3 Streak: Won 2 (Away Game: Kleenex Stadium) A 7th inning Norichika Aoki grand-slam home run was the highlight for Yakult on a good evening in Sendai for the Tokyo team. Tokyo starter Tateyama worked a strong seven innings, giving up just one run off six hits [...]
