October 5th, 2008

Hanshin Tigers 8
Tokyo Swallows 3
Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WLWDL
(Jingu Stadium)
Hanshin finally overcame the Swallows at the third attempt as they eased to a win on a very wet Sunday evening at Jingu.
Tigers starter Ishikawa kept Tokyo hitless through 5 innings, by which time the game was pretty much over as a big 4th [...]

Japanese baseball reporter and insider, Wayne Graczyk, posted an interesting article about the fall of the Tokyo and Yokohama clubs over the last several seasons. He compares them unfavorably to the state of affairs in the 80’s and says that they are two of the “worst franchises in Japanese pro baseball, in terms of both [...]