An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
May 15th, 2013 Saitama Seibu Lions 9 Tokyo Swallows 3 Streak: Lost 6 Last 5: LLLLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Brace ourselves, indeed, Mr. Watkins. Here’s hoping there’s a net at the end of this slide. The Swallows continued to mix things up in attempt to end the hemorrhaging – Takeuchi started at first, Coach [...]
May 8th, 2013 Chunichi Dragons 6 Tokyo Swallows 5 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LWWWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo came out on the short end of this nearly tit-for-tat battle for the top of the B-class. (Then again, most of the Central League is a battle for who can climb all the way up to .500.) Chunichi [...]
May 1st, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 4 Yokohama BayStars 5 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: WWWLL (Yokohama Stadium) In a world where Yomiuri is running away with the season despite a slight slackening in pace and Hanshin is the only other CL team over .500, Tokyo continued their quest to bring justice back to the realm [...]
April 20th, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 0 Hanshin Tigers 1 Streak: Lost 4 Last 5: WLLLL (Koshien) Tokyo’s losing streak grew to four games as they dropped a full game into last place despite Ishikawa managing to hold Hanshin to one run on six hits and no walks vs. five strike-outs over seven innings [...]
April 17th, 2013 Chunichi Dragons 10 Tokyo Swallows 6 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLLWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) You’ve all heard the old adage that it’s better to remove a bandage quickly. Not at Jingu, though. No, at the Swallows friendly home park, you, dear baseball fan, get your money’s worth – all five hours and [...]
April 13, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 1 Yomiuri Giants 3 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: LWLLL (Tokyo Dome) Ishikawa fared a little bit better than Roman, but it was still not enough to stop the Yomiuri juggernaut that continues to run roughshod over the rest of the Central League, upsetting ladies and children and causing great [...]
April 7th, 2013 Yokohama BayStars 6 Tokyo Swallows 10 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLLLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) After three straight losses to two perennially weak teams and the news that Shohei Tateyama will be out for the rest of the season recovering from elbow surgery, tonight’s offense-led victory was a welcome [...]
April 3rd, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 6 Hiroshima Carp 2 Streak: Won 4 Last 5: LWWWW (Mazda Zoom Zoom Stadium Hiroshima) The case could be made that the Carp are worse than the Swallows are good, but the Tsubamegun will take tonight’s result either way. Young Yasuhiro Ogawa put in a solid start for Tokyo, [...]
October 3rd, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 4 Yokohama BayStars 7 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WLWWL (Yokohama Stadium) Another disappointing loss to the BayStars in a rain-shortened game in which the Swallows outhit their hosts 9-5, but failed to bring men home. This brings the record to 13-10-1. Akagawa got off tor a rough start, giving [...]
September 26th, 2012 Hanshin Tigers 4 Tokyo Swallows 10 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LWLWW (Jingu Stadium) The Swallows started off with a bang and outhit the Tigers by a whopping 18-8 on their way to a resounding victory, putting them one game closer to clinching a Climax Series spot. Yuhei started things [...]
