An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
Today is a travel day for the Tokyo Swallows as they prepare to play games on nine consecutive days. The team’s next scheduled day off is Monday May 7th. Spirits are high in Tokyo as the birds recently swept the Yomiuri Giants and took two games from the Chunichi Dragons (one tie). But the past [...]
I put up a Wishful Thinking post yesterday, so please leave a comment at the bottom of that post, but here’s a little something for those that are more the multiple-choice type. Much like our opinion poll from back in January, here’s another one to gauge how the Tokyo faithful are feeling as the 2012 [...]
We posted a poll on the 25th asking you some general questions about the state of affairs with the team. Aoki’s gone, and there are some question marks hanging over the team as spring camp gets under way down in Urasoe, Okinawa. We here at Tsubamegun tend to see these question marks as opportunities, and [...]
**The poll is now closed. Click here to see the results of the vote. Here’s a poll to keep your mind off of what you should actually be doing at work. You will be asked for your opinions on topics such as who should get the most starts at third, and whether or not the [...]
Hello 2012, and Happy New Year to everyone out there in Tsubamegun land! We’d like to welcome you to the new year, and a spring training camp in Okinawa that’s only a month away, by looking back briefly on the most popular posts of last season. They’re listed here according to page views, and it’s [...]
We thought this well-timed feature would interest the Tsubamegun. The Asahi Shimbun‘s Rob Smaal chatted with our own Christopher Pellegrini and snapped a photo of him with our dear friends, Messrs. Sugimoto and Nakagawa (without whom, we wouldn’t be on course to be buried in our regular seats). Enjoy! See you at the game.
May 26th, 2010. The day the misery ended. In honor of Tsubamegun’s first and (as yet) only official holiday, we’re giving away a limited edition gift to whomsoever best answers one of the following questiony: 1) In your opinion, what was the best Tokyo Swallows off-field moment? 2) Which NPB team has done a good job [...]
Exactly one month and a day after the Tohoku-region of Japan was struck by a magnitude 9 earthquake and its subsequent tsunamis, both leagues of NPB will begin their seasons. For all of our readers who only follow us through this site, let me reassure that all four of us and our families are safe [...]
It’s that time of year again! The Tokyo Swallows started spring camp today–baseball season is just around the corner! Click here for a camp schedule and 1st/2nd team rosters. In an effort to forge a little bit of a tradition here, I’m going to continue doing what I’ve done the last two seasons and make some [...]
This is part two of a three-part interview series with some of the regulars from the NPB mainstream and independent media. Click here for part one: OYWI: NPB Moving Forward? After a detailed trip through some of the prevailing wisdom on NPB in general, which we’ll return to in the next edition of this interview [...]
