An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
OK, let’s try not to think about the fact that Aoki is officially gone. In fact, let’s not even think about position players at all. Instead, let’s ponder the bright spots in the pitching corps over the past five seasons. That’s right, it’s time for some more trivia (again care of SPORCLE)! Over the past [...]
This one did not start well for Yu Darvish and team Japan. Darvish threw far more balls than strikes in the first inning of this game. His first three pitches were balls above the strike zone, and his first two pitches to Korea’s second, third and fourth batters were outside the zone. Behind in the [...]
The World Baseball Classic (WBC) starts next week, and we’re trying to get enough work done so that we don’t lose our jobs because we’re at the ballpark for several days straight. Below we list three players, both present and past, that you should be able to watch play next week if you can get [...]
