An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
Yes, dear reader, this has nothing to do with the Tokyo Swallows, or with NPB at all, other than to demonstrate that there are brief moments when even our oft-frustrating club can appear well-managed. What you’re seeing is apparently real – the photo having been picked up around the mainstream sports media in the US. [...]
April 18th, 2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 0 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: LLWWW (Jingu Stadium) Tokyo managed to stretch its lead in the current series to 2-0 and solidify its position in second place in the Central League (for whatever that’s worth this early in the season) with a slim yet [...]
April 17th, 2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: WLLWW (Jingu Stadium) A two homerun night from D’Antona and seven decent innings from Ishikawa propelled Tokyo to victory in their first matchup with the Carp of the season. Ishikawa went 7 innings, and while the Carp found [...]
April 15th, 2009 Yomiuri Giants 6 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: WLWLL (Jingu Stadium) Tokyo left a bunch of guys on base tonight and weren’t able to apply pressure in the later innings of the game. So the inaugural edition of the annual Tokyo derby, unlike last year, ended up being [...]
League leaders (pitching) after games played April 14th, 2009. Appearances Central League Pacific League Player # Oshimoto (Tokyo) 6 Payano (Chunichi) 6 Toyoda (Yomiuri) 6 Yamaguchi (Yomiuri) 6 Egusa (Hanshin) 6 Lim (Tokyo) 5 Watanabe (Hanshin) 5 Ochi (Yomiuri) 5 Kroon (Yomiuri) 5 Matsuoka (Tokyo) 5 Igarashi (Tokyo) 5 Shimizu (Chunichi) 5 Williams (Hanshin) 5 [...]
April 14th, 2009 Yomiuri Giants X Tokyo Yakult Swallows X Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WWLWL (Jingu Stadium) 2009′s first series against our beloved neighbours never got started as it was cancelled just over an hour before first pitch due to impending heavy rain over the Tokyo area. The teams will be back at [...]
Offensive league leaders after games played on April 12, 2009. Home Runs Central League Pacific League Player # Kanemoto (Hanshin) 7 Guiel (Tokyo) 4 Fujii (Chunichi) 4 Tsuruoka (Yomiuri) 3 Morino (Chunichi) 3 Wada (Chunichi) 3 Ogasawara (Yomiuri) 3 Kawashima (Tokyo) 2 Kurihara (Hiroshima) 2 Arai (Hanshin) 2 Abe (Yomiuri) 2 Lee (Yomiuri) 2 Blanco [...]
