An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
The interleague segment of the season has begun, and David and Christopher got back in front of the mics to talk about the first month-and-a-bit of the Swallows 2012 campaign. Key Points: How correct were our predictions from TS Podcast number seven? What grade would you give Tokyo’s performance thus far? General baseball-related stupidity Hand [...]
May 20th, 2012 Orix Buffaloes 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: LWLLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) The run production woes continue. What do you need to know? After Wednesday’s blowout victory over 2011 Japan Series champion Fukuoka, the birds are a bit constipated run-wise. Not fun. Tokyo got off on the wrong [...]
May 19th, 2012 Orix Buffaloes 6 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: DLWLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) After a busy week of two polar opposite games against the iPhone Hawks, Tokyo played host to the B’s. Tonight started out well for both starting pitchers, with Roman getting the edge over Kisanuki in the [...]
May 17th, 2012 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 9 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WDLWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Payback’s a bitch! After last night’s unreal drubbing of the Hawks, the boys from Fukuoka reciprocated in game 2. Nakamura gets the start in place of Aikawa tonight. I’m guessing that Nakamura will be [...]
It’s that time of year again! When Central League teams face off against their Pacific League counterparts. Things will get started for the Swallows on Wednesday evening at Jingu when they face off against the defending Nippon Series Champion Hawks. The Interleague format hasn’t changed over the last couple of years, and if anyone needs [...]
May 12, 2012 Yomiuri Giants 1 Tokyo Swallows 1 Streak: 1 tie Last 5: LLLWD (Akita Komachi Stadium) Tonight saw Tokyo’s two teams travel North to Akita for the first of a two-game set. This would be the last weekend either team faced a Central League opponent for over a month as inter-league play [...]
May 10th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 3 Chunichi Dragons 1 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLLLW (Nagoya Dome) The Swallows’ bats finally come alive in the eighth to snap the team’s losing streak. The lineup got a bit of a tweak after Kawbata’s hip injury, and his subsequent removal from the active roster earlier today left [...]
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 [...]
May 5th, 2012 Hiroshima Carp 1 Tokyo Swallows 4 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: WWLWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) After struggling against the Carp’s rookie pitcher Nomura over 2 starts, the Swallows finally got to him and gave Roman the offensive support necessary to get the win. Fukuchi got the start at center, after Ueda’s collision [...]
May 4th, 2012 Hiroshima Carp 4 Tokyo Swallows 8 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWWLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Miyamoto got his two-thousandth hit, which got the Swallows more TV coverage than they’ve had in an age, but that was hardly the most exciting part of this afternoon’s slug fest. The rain-soaked early [...]
