Mr. Lim is currently enjoying his moment in the sun at the All-Star game up in Hokkaido (and down in Hiroshima tomorrow), and boy has he earned it in 2009.
7/22/09 — Hanshin (Away)
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July 22nd, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Hanshin Tigers 0 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: WLWWW (Koshien) After yesterday’s rainout, two thirds of Tsubamegun were in attendance at the tiny, heavily-guarded visitor’s section in Koshien Stadium for an attempt at taking the series from the fifth place Tigers. In case you’re wondering, this [...]
7/21/09 – Hanshin (Away) [Game Cancelled]
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July 21st, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows X Hanshin Tigers X Streak: Won 2 Last 5: WWLWW (Koshien) Due to heavy rain over the Osaka area (and indeed most of western Japan) overnight and during the morning/early afternoon, the game was called-off at 13:20. Since then it hasn’t rained for most of the afternoon, [...]
7/20/09 — Hanshin (Away)
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July 20th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Hanshin Tigers 2 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: WWLWW (Koshien) Yuuki hung in there just long enough to get his third win of the season, and the Swallows survived the Hanshin counter-attack to take the first game of the series.
7/19/09 – Hiroshima (Away)
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7/18/09 — Hiroshima (Away)
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July 18th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 8 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLWWL (Mazda Stadium) OK. The good news first: D’Antona is on fire right now. The bad news: this one really fell apart at the end.
7/17/09 — Hiroshima (Away)
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July 17th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LLLWW (Mazda Stadium) The still inconsistent Swallows pitching staff made the trip south to Hiroshima to take on the slumping Carp in a best of three series that kicks off the long weekend. Jamie D’Antona made the trip [...]
Swallows of July
July 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It’s an off-day today before the Swallows (and I) head down to Hiroshima to face the Carp at the shiny new “Zoom Zoom” Stadium. In the meantime, here’s the official TYS calender page for this month, featuring the two generals of the Tokyo infield defence, Shinya Miyamoto (3B, formally SS) and the “Diamond Master” beavis [...]
7/15/09 — Yomiuri (Home)
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July 15th, 2009 Yomiuri Giants 7 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 13 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLLLW (Jingu Stadium) On the first pitch of the game, Sakamoto, that little pre-pubescent twerp, smacked a double off the wall in center. But Tokyo starter, Tateyama, weathered the storm and got out of the inning relatively unscathed. The [...]
7/14/09 – Yomiuri (Home)
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July 14th, 2009 Yomiuri Giants 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 0 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: WWLLL (Iwaki Green Stadium Fukushima) Tokyo again did what they do best when facing their cross-city rivals, they rolled over and played dead as they once again became the Giants’ bitches. They might as well all get orange arrows tattooed [...]
