Comments on: 7/07/09 – Chunichi (Home) http://tokyoswallows.com/2009/07/07/70709-chunichi-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=70709-chunichi-home An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball Tue, 22 May 2012 09:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: David Watkins http://tokyoswallows.com/2009/07/07/70709-chunichi-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 David Watkins Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:26:59 +0000 http://tokyoswallows.com/?p=3609#comment-1506 Yeah that was a great heads-up play from Guiel to make the throw to first. He's got quite the arm. Yeah that was a great heads-up play from Guiel to make the throw to first. He’s got quite the arm.

]]> By: Rob http://tokyoswallows.com/2009/07/07/70709-chunichi-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1505 Rob Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:36:56 +0000 http://tokyoswallows.com/?p=3609#comment-1505 Yikes. Tanishige gets a about three hits a week, and suddenly he gets two homers against TYS in one game? Tanaka doubled to lead off the fourth, and TYS 3-4-5 hitters couldn't get him in. That was a bad sign. Tanaka also had some nice plays at second, two to rob Araki. He missed another one when Nakata poked the ball just to his left, but Guiel got it quickly and threw to D'Antona for the out at first - a grounder to right. Chunichi's Fukuda has been highly touted, but Oshimoto got ahead of him quickly with two strikes, so I was all set to see his first ichigun strikeout. Alas. (But it was still better than the Giants' rookie who promised to homer in his first AB, no?) Yikes. Tanishige gets a about three hits a week, and suddenly he gets two homers against TYS in one game?

Tanaka doubled to lead off the fourth, and TYS 3-4-5 hitters couldn’t get him in. That was a bad sign.

Tanaka also had some nice plays at second, two to rob Araki.
He missed another one when Nakata poked the ball just to his left, but Guiel got it quickly and threw to D’Antona for the out at first – a grounder to right.

Chunichi’s Fukuda has been highly touted, but Oshimoto got ahead of him quickly with two strikes, so I was all set to see his first ichigun strikeout. Alas.
(But it was still better than the Giants’ rookie who promised to homer in his first AB, no?)

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