An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
Happy Thanksgiving, American Tsubamegun-ites. We bitch a bit round these parts, and I am personally to blame for much of that. I can find the cloud around any silver lining, blow it out of proportion, and try people’s patience bitching about it, although I swear that’s only for matters pertaining to the diamond (or diamonds, [...]
The Swallows plan to hold their annual Fan Appreciation Day at Jingu Stadium tomorrow. The team, and its various sponsors, have various events planned for the day. If you have the day off tomorrow for Labour Day, Fan Appreciation Day might be worth your time. The day will start at 9:00 when the Jingu field [...]
Disclaimer: This post has very little to do with actual baseball. With the Swallows on the mother of all losing skids, and very little hope on the horizon, now seemed to be as good a time as any to turn to a higher power for help. So where does a desperate Swallows fan go to [...]
Now that preseason play has begun, you’re probably either spending your afternoons at Jingu or you’re wondering how the squad is shaping up. Newcomer Takahiro Araki, 23, has been the regular at short and looks pretty good in the field, although he seems to be swinging for the fences a bit much; Eulogio de la [...]
Last week the Swallows put up a rather snazzy new site to coincide with their 40th Anniversary celebrations in 2009. It seems that the club will be using the new logo (see left) as their primary logo for the 2009 campaign, which is fine by me as the old one was terrible. While the site is [...]
