September 22nd, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 0 Streak: Won 1 Last : LLLLW (Mazda Stadium) After last night’s roadcrash-esque 9th inning failure, Tokyo eased to victory off the back of a superb complete game shutout performance from rotation newcomer Takagi. The 26 year old earned his second career win [...]
9/21/09 – Hiroshima (Away)
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September 21st, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 6 Streak: Lost 4 Last : WLLLL (Mazda Stadium) There are nights when I seriously have to question whether or not watching and writing about baseball is actually fun, or in fact a colossal waste of time, emotion and energy. Tonight (as well as far [...]
9/20/09 – Yomiuri (Home)
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September 20th, 2009 Yomiuri Giants 8 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: WWLLL (Jingu Stadium) Shock of shocks, the Birds dropped another one to their crosstown rivals – this one no prettier than the last two, thus giving up a sweep and making sure no one worries about their progress towards fifth [...]
9/19/09 – Yomiuri (Home)
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9/18/09 – Yomiuri (Home)
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September 18th, 2009 Yomiuri Giants 10 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLWWL (Jingu Stadium) After two long overdue victories on the trot, normal service was resumed tonight as the team did what they nearly always do when facing their local neighbours, they yet again rolled over and became Yomiuri’s bitches.
9/17/09 — Yokohama (Away)
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September 16th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7 Yokohama BayStars 3 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LLLWW (Yokohama Stadium) The Swallows won two games in a row for the first time since July 31st and August 1st when the team was playing the Dragons at home. Coincidentally, that was also the last time that the birds [...]
9/16/09 — Yokohama (Away)
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September 16th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6 Yokohama BayStars 2 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLLW (Yokohama Stadium) Huh. Imagine that.
Tokyo Roster Update — 9/16/09
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Pitcher Chang-yong Lim (no. 12) made his return to the top team after a brief rest due to fatigue/back stiffness. He was on the first team roster yesterday, but he didn’t make an appearance in the Swallows’ most recent collapse. Lim’s record before being deactivated from the first team earlier this month was five wins [...]
9/15/09 — Yokohama (Away)
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September 15th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Yokohama BayStars 6 Streak: Lost 9 Last 5: LLLLL (Yokohama Stadium) The last time the Swallows played the Baystars, the Stars whupped them 13-2. Carrying an eight game losing streak, the beleaguered fourth-place Swallows headed to Yokohama to play a team that has had their number all season [...]
9/13/09 — Chunichi (Away)
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