October 11th, 2009 Chunichi Dragons 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 5 Last 5: WWWWW (Jingu Stadium) With the Swallows clinching 3rd and a Climax Series place on Friday, this preview matchup between the two teams that will be contesting the first round of the post-season was meant to be a nice quiet game, [...]
“WTF is D’Antona?” (aka Takada is a Chump)
October 11, 2009 by 9 Comments
Ah, Shigeru Takada. Our esteemed manager. Regular readers of Tsubamegun will know that he’s not too popular around these parts, what with our “Takada Count” (currently at 14) keeping a tab on all his boneheaded exploits throughout this season.
10/9/09 – Hanshin (Home)
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October 9th, 2009 Hanshin Tigers 1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Streak: Won 4 Last 5: LWWWW (Jingu Stadium) Whisper it, we are A-Class. No f*uck that. Shout it from the rooftops, WE ARE A-CLASS!! In the biggest game the Swallows have faced in years, they did what was necessary and beat the Hanshin [...]
10/8/09 — Hanshin (Home)
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October 8th, 2009 Hanshin Tigers 0 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: WLWWW (Jingu Stadium) The birds rode a complete game shutout by starter Tateyama to their third win in a row and reclaimed third place in the Central League in the process.
10/7/09 – Yokohama (Home)
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October 7th, 2009 Yokohama BayStars 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LWLWW (Jingu Stadium) Aaron Guiel. Aaron Guiel. Aaron Guiel!!
10/6/09 – Yokohama (Away)
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October 6th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 10 Yokohama BayStars 4 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLWLW (Yokohama Stadium) For quite a while, it looked as though Yokohama would frustrate Tokyo for the 14th time this year. But in the end, the Swallows extra class told as they put up eight runs in the 8th [...]
10/5/09 – Yomiuri (Home) [Game Cancelled]
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October 5th, 2009 Yomiuri Giants X Tokyo Yakult Swallows X Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLLWL (Jingu Stadium) Tonight’s game was postponed due to heavy rain over the Tokyo area. With rain (and possibly a typhoon) forecast for the rest of the week, and all of Tokyo’s remaining games due to take place in outdoor ballparks (Yokohama [...]
10/4/09 – Yomiuri (Home)
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October 4th, 2009 Yomiuri Giants 5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLLWL (Jingu Stadium) With it now nine games against the Giants without a win (8 losses, 1 tie) I really don’t know why I bother to write game reports for these encounters. I should just write the score, then a [...]
10/3/09 – Hanshin (Away)
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October 3rd, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6 Hanshin Tigers 4 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLLLW (Koshien) With the race for 3rd getting tighter with every day, this was a game that the Swallows simply had to win. A loss tonight and they’d be two games back of Hanshin, a win and they’d [...]
10/2/09 – Hiroshima (Home)
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October 2nd, 2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 3 Last : WWLLL (Jingu Stadium) With Hanshin having a day off today, Tokyo had a chance to move level with the Tigers in 3rd place with a win this evening. As it turned out, it was a win [...]
