After looking at the big earners in part one, and the upwardly mobile in part two, in this final part of our annual monetary review, we’ll be looking at those whose salary will be a little more petite this coming season.
The Losers
Ryo Kawashima - The first of quite a number of pitchers who will see their salary fall this year. Ryo [...]
In the second part of our annual look inside the wallets of the Tokyo players, we have a look at those who will be better off in 2010.
Part 1 can be found here.
Other winners
Aaron Guiel - After an injury blighted sub-par 2008 season, many fans thought they’d seen the last of our blonde Canadian in a [...]
It’s that time of year again. Spring camp has begun, and the players are all gearing up for another season of sweeping all before them (well, the Giants players are anyway.) The salary negotiations are done and our heroes in the Tokyo uniforms now know how much they will be earning to follow the instructions [...]
Well, the festive season is over and the 2010 baseball season can be spotted lurking on the horizon, just waiting to take over our lives again. Here’s a round up of what’s been going on in SwallowsLand so far this offseason that hasn’t been covered elsewhere on the site:
The Swallows made only their second ever free [...]
October 12th, 2009
Yomiuri Giants 3
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5
Streak: Won 6 Last 5: WWWWW
(Jingu Stadium)
The Swallows closed out their regular season with a come from behind win against the Giants, ending their terrible run of losses against Yomuri. Not that this game meant too much really.
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, with both teams having little [...]
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.
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 Tigers to secure 3rd place in [...]
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 inning (ooh, a big inning, [...]
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 and Jingu), expect more of this [...]
