Yomiuri 4 Hokkaido 3 Series: Hokkaido 0-1 Yomiuri (Sapporo Dome) The 2009 Japan Series kicked off tonight in Sapporo with the Pacific League Champions, Hokkaido, hosting their Central League counterparts, the Yomiuri Giants.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Playoffs 2009, Results Archive · Tagged ??, Central League, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, Japan Series, Japanese Professional Baseball, NPB, Pacific League, Pro Yakyu, Yomiuri Giants
October 19th, 2009 Tokyo Swallows 4 Chunichi Dragons 7 Series: Chunichi 2-1 Tokyo (Nagoya Dome) Chunichi was definitely the better team today, but they should never forget that they had the flu and a little bit of Takada on their side. Either way, the season came to an end for the Swallows while the Dragons [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Monday, October 19, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Playoffs 2009, Results Archive · Tagged 2009 Season, ??, ???????????, Central League, chunichi dragons, Igarashi Ryouta, Jamie D'Antona, Japanese baseball, Japanese Professional Baseball, Kazuki Fukuchi, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Pro Yakyu, Ryota Igarashi, Shinya Miyamoto, Takehiko Oshimoto, Tokyo Swallows, Yoshinori
Reason to weep: it was reported that several key members of the Swallows are reportedly out of action due to the flu.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, The Team · Tagged Climax Series, first team, Hiromitsu Takagi, influenza, the flu, Tokyo Swallows, Yoshiyuki Noguchi, Yuki
October 18th, 2009 Tokyo Swallows 2 Chunichi Dragons 3 Series: Chunichi 1-1 Tokyo (Nagoya Dome) The Dragons leveled the series with a come-from-behind win and made sure that both team’s season will survive at least one more day.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Playoffs 2009, Results Archive · Tagged 2009 Season, ??, ???????????, Aaron Guiel, Central League, chunichi dragons, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Hye-cheon Lee, Jamie D'Antona, Japanese Professional Baseball, Kouhei Kawamoto, NPB, Pro Yakyu, Shinya Miyamoto, Shohei Tateyama, Takehiko Oshimoto, Yuji Onizaki
October 17th, 2009 Tokyo Swallows 3 Chunichi Dragons 2 Series: Chunichi 0-1 Tokyo (Nagoya Dome) Game one of the 2009 Central League Climax Series kicked off in Nagoya with Chen on the mound for the home team, and Ishikawa taking the reigns for the visiting Tokyo Swallows. And Tokyo came up with the goods versus [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Playoffs 2009, Results Archive · Tagged 2009 Season, ??, ???????????, Aaron Guiel, Central League, Chang-yong Lim, chunichi dragons, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Jamie D'Antona, Japanese Professional Baseball, Masanori Ishikawa, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Ryota Igarashi, Takehiko Oshimoto, Tokyo Swallows
October 17th, 2009 Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 1 Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 4 Best of 3 Series: Fukoka 0 – 2 Tohoku (Kleenex Stadium) The Eagles rode a solid performance from starting pitcher, Masahiro Tanaka, to sweep the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and earn a trip to Hokkaido to face the Pacific League champions.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Playoffs 2009, Results Archive · Tagged 2009 Season, Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, Japanese Professional Baseball, NPB, Pacific League, Pro Yakyu, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles
The regular season ended on Monday when Tokyo came from behind to beat Yomiuri, and the Swallows’ resulting 71-72-1 record earned them praise for a modest improvement over last year and the team’s first ever advancement to the Climax Series. The team’s solid play at the end of 2009 was a refreshing bookend to a [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, The Team · Tagged 2009 Season, ??, ???????????, Central League, Climax Series, Japanese Professional Baseball, Kazuki Fukuchi, League Leaders, most steals, most wins, Norichika Aoki, NPB, OBP, on-ba, on-base percentage, Pro Yakyu, Shohei Tateyama, Tokyo Swallows
October 16th, 2009 Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 4 Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 11 Best of 3 Series: Fukoka 0 – 1 Tohoku (Kleenex Stadium) The Eagles absolutely destroyed the visiting Hawks in the first game of what could be an abbreviated series up in Sendai.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Friday, October 16, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Playoffs 2009 · Tagged ??, Climax Series, First Stage, Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, Hisashi Iwakuma, Japanese Professional Baseball, NPB, Pacific League, Pro Yakyu, Stage One, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, Toshiya Sugiuchi
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.
Posted by David Watkins on Monday, October 12, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged 2009 Season, ??, ???????????, Aaron Guiel, Central League, D'Antona, Hanada, Japanese Professional Baseball, Kinugawa, Lee, NPB, Shiroishi, Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Yomiuri Giants, Yoshimoto, Yoshinori
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, [...]
Posted by David Watkins on Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged 2009 Season, ??, ???????????, Central League, chunichi dragons, Hitoshi Yamamoto, Jamie D'Antona, Japanese Professional Baseball, Kenichi Matsuoka, NPB, Pro Yakyu, Takehiko Oshimoto, Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Yuji Onizaki
