I find it hard to disagree with Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci that Fenway Park is the greatest venue in all of sports. I was even lucky enough to see Billy Hatcher steal home there on August 3, 1992 – a feat no Red Sox player has pulled off since. Nonetheless, this part of the essay [...]
7/23/08 – Yokohama (Home)
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7/22/08 – Yokohama (Home)
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July 22nd, 2008 Yokohama BayStars 1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak:Won 1. Last 5:WWWLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tonight, it was the Swallows’ turn to hold on to a lead in a lower-scoring game than last night’s. Muranaka, who made an appearance in relief, started for Tokyo and started the game by beaning Onishi. On the [...]
7/21/08 – Yokohama (Home)
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July 21st, 2008 Yokohama BayStars 10 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak:Lost 1. Last 5:WWWWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Young Tokyo starter Ryo Kawashima got off to a rough start as Yokohama began with a bang, scoring four runs in the top of the first inning. The Swallows got their first run on the bottom of the [...]
7/20/08 – Hiroshima (Home)
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July 20th, 2008 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 4. Last 5: LWWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Sunday night capped not only a home sweep of Hiroshima, but put Tokyo at .500 for the first time in ages, gave them a three-game lead over fifth-place Hiroshima, and leaves them only one game [...]
7/19/08 – Hiroshima (Home)
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July 19th, 2008 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 8 Streak: Won 3. Last 5: WLWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Same scoreline as last night. Slightly different route in getting there, but it’s safe to say that Tokyo did a little bit more to earn this win. Tokyo starter, Masubuchi, came into this game hoping [...]
7/18/08 – Hiroshima (Home)
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July 18th, 2008 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 8 Streak: Won 2. Last 5: WWLWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Like last night, this was another weird one. Hiroshima did everything they could to give Tokyo the win in the end. To Tokyo’s credit, Tanaka had a good game with three hits and one rbi. [...]
7/17/08 – Hanshin (Away)
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July 17th, 2008 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Hanshin Tigers 0 Streak: Won 1. Last 5: DWWLW (Koshien Stadium) Tokyo clinched the series versus Hanshin with a crazy ninth-inning win at Koshien stadium. Tokyo starter, Ishikawa (8-6), and Hanshin starter, Vogelsong (2-1), pitched well through eight and seven innings, respectively, with no runs being scored by [...]
7/16/08 – Hanshin (Away)
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Our Day at Chiba Marine Stadium: The Prequel
July 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The point of this post is really just to start an open thread and give our readers a chance to offer some input while it’ll still really make a difference. Like Michael Westbay of Japanese Baseball.com and Deanna of Marinerds, etc. before us, we here at the Tsubamegun have been invited to spend a day [...]
