May 22nd, 2012 Tokyo Yakult Swallows Chiba Lotte Marines Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: LWLLL (QVC Marine Field) This evening’s game fell victim to a day of rain, and will be rescheduled for Thursday 24th at 6:15pm.
5/8/12 – Chunichi (Away)
May 8, 2012 By 4 Comments
May 8th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 0 Chunichi Dragons 1 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: LWWLL (Toyohashi Stadium) Chunichi leapfrogged Tokyo back up to the top of the CL as they edged an ultra-tight affair in Aichi. Dragons’ starter Yamai was attempting his third start of the season against the Swallows, after racking up two losses and an [...]
04/24/12 – Chunichi (Home)
April 24, 2012 By 9 Comments
April 24th, 2012 Chunichi Dragons 1 Tokyo Swallows 4 Streak: Won 4 Last 5: LWWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) After the confidence boosting and oh so pleasurable home sweep this last weekend against Yomiuri, Tokyo kept the momentum rolling with a relatively straightforward victory against the reigning CL chuamps. After Tateyama made light work of the first three [...]
04/17/12 Hanshin (Away)
April 17, 2012 By 4 Comments
April 17th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 0 Hanshin Tigers 4 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLWWL (Hotto Motto Field Kobe) After two good wins against the Carp this last weekend, Tokyo returned to the kind of baseball that saw them lose last week’s series against the Baystars. The impotent bat kind. In fairness to those [...]
04/10/12 Yokohama (Home)
April 10, 2012 By 20 Comments
April 10th, 2012 Yokohama Baystars 1 Tokyo Swallows 2 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: LLWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) After leaving Nagoya with a magnificent hard-fought series win against the Dragons, the Swallows returned to Jingu to take on the perennially struggling Baystars. And while they huffed and puffed, they eventually blew the YOKOHAMA DeNA [...]
04/07/12 Chunichi (Away)
April 7, 2012 By 1 Comment
April 7th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 2 Chunichi Dragons 1 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLDLW (Nagoya Dome) If I was to assign a word to each of Tokyo’s opening six games of the 2012 season, I’d likely go with: excellence, spirited, wasteful, meltdown, hill-billy and deja-vu. And so for today’s game we’ll go with……GET IN!!! Oh, [...]
04/03/12 Hanshin (Home) [Game Cancelled]
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Entering Enemy Territory – A Nagoya Diary, Part 1
November 3, 2011 By 4 Comments
Friend of Tsubamegun “M”, has taken the shinkansen down to Nagoya to cheer on the Swallows as they attempt to do what they failed to do at all down the stretch – flourish in the Nagoya Dome. The prize at stake is restoration of Swallows pride and much more importantly, a place in the Japan [...]
Possible Tokyo Starters in Nagoya
November 1, 2011 By 4 Comments
Last night’s glorious edition of Fuji TV’s Pro Yakyu News featured their stab at predicting the Swallows starters for the upcoming series in Nagoya. Here is what they thought: Game 1 (11/2): Tateyama Game 2 (11/3): Ishikawa Game 3 (11/4): Masubuchi Game 4 (11/5): Akagawa Game 5 (11/6): Tateyama Game 6 (11/7): Ishikawa Of course [...]
10/29/11 – CL Climax Series First Stage – Tokyo vs Yomiuri (Game 1)
October 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
October 29th, 2011 Yomiuri Giants 2 Tokyo Swallows 3 Series: Swallows Lead 1-0 (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo came from behind to down their beloved neighbours off the back of a Tateyama-Muranaka starter’s relay and, thank the lord of your choice, some timely hitting. In a packed and buzzing Jingu it was Tateyama, not Ishikawa as [...]
