Well, the festive season is over and the 2010 baseball season can be spotted lurking on the horizon, just waiting to take over our lives again. Here’s a round up of what’s been going on in SwallowsLand so far this offseason that hasn’t been covered elsewhere on the site:

The Swallows made only their second ever free [...]

Aoki’s surgery was successfully completed yesterday at a hospital in Tokyo. Aoki had surgery on both of his ankles to remove small pieces of bone.
It was reported that he should be able to leave the hospital within a week.

October 9th, 2009

Hanshin Tigers 1

Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3

Streak: Won 4      Last 5:  LWWWW
(Jingu Stadium)
Whisper it, we are A-Class. No f*uck that. Shout it from the rooftops, WE ARE A-CLASS!!
In the biggest game the Swallows have faced in years, they did what was necessary and beat the Hanshin Tigers to secure 3rd place in [...]

September 28th, 2009

Hanshin Tigers 1
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7
Streak: Won 6    Last 5:  WWWWW
(Jingu Stadium)
Tokyo starter, Takagi, had another solid outing as Tokyo won a very important contest versus the Hanshin Tigers.

September 6th, 2009

Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2
Yomiuri Giants 4
Streak: Lost 2   Last 5: LWDLL
(Tokyo Dome)
Well if Friday was a travesty of justice, and yesterday a feeble blowout, then today was simple wastefulness. Tokyo outhit the Giants 8 to 6 and had a few good chances to score more runs but as has been their problem [...]

September 4th, 2009

Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3
Yomiuri Giants 3
Streak: Drawn 1   Last 5: LLLWD
(Tokyo Dome)
Tokyo and those stupid orange fuktards Yomiuri played out the longest game in the CL this year, as they couldn’t be separated in 5 hours and 27 minutes of baseball.
Tragically, the Swallows were robbed of a well deserved victory by a sheet [...]

July 8th, 2009

Chunichi Dragons 6

Tokyo Yakult Swallows 11
Streak: Won 1    Last 5: LWLLW
(Jingu Stadium)
While the starting pitching again left something to be desired, the Tokyo bats awoke from their slumber as they knocked in eleven runs off fifteen hits in overturning the Dragons at Jingu.
Yuki Tanaka (4.68) started for Tokyo and came within an out [...]

June 17th, 2009
Chiba Lotte Marines 1
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 10
Streak:  Won 4   Last 5: LWWWW
(Jingu Stadium)
The two-run homer was the Swallows’ weapon of choice, with Aoki, D’Antona, Aikawa and Takeuchi all going deep as Tokyo rolled over the Marines at Jingu.
Yoshinori made his second start since rejoining the top team after a spell on [...]

May 12th, 2009

Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3

Chunichi Dragons 6
Streak: Lost 1   Last 5: WWLWL
(Nagaragawa Stadium)
A pretty horrible three innings from starter Ichiba gave Tokyo a mountain to climb early on, and though they did their best to fight back they came up short on a rainy evening in Gifu.
Yakult came into the game having won [...]

April 15th, 2009

Yomiuri Giants 6

Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2

Streak: Lost 2  Last 5: WLWLL
(Jingu Stadium)
Tokyo left a bunch of guys on base tonight and weren’t able to apply pressure in the later innings of the game. So the inaugural edition of the annual Tokyo derby, unlike last year, ended up being taken quite easily by the [...]