An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
June 29th, 2012 Hanshin Tigers 6 Tokyo Swallows 7 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: LDWWW (Jingu Stadium) Tonight was the first of a 6 game home stand against the two Kansai CL teams. The Tigers were the first of the two teams to venture to Jingu. Pretty much both sides used up all of [...]
May 10th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 3 Chunichi Dragons 1 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLLLW (Nagoya Dome) The Swallows’ bats finally come alive in the eighth to snap the team’s losing streak. The lineup got a bit of a tweak after Kawbata’s hip injury, and his subsequent removal from the active roster earlier today left [...]
Top team players have the day off today, and the following is a small selection of some of the news coming out of Urasoe (Okinawa) since our last roundup on February 1st: Atsushi Fujimoto suffered a calf strain during practice on the 6th and will be taking it easy for the next few weeks. Hitoshi Yamamoto [...]
October 29th, 2011 Yomiuri Giants 2 Tokyo Swallows 3 Series: Swallows Lead 1-0 (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo came from behind to down their beloved neighbours off the back of a Tateyama-Muranaka starter’s relay and, thank the lord of your choice, some timely hitting. In a packed and buzzing Jingu it was Tateyama, not Ishikawa as [...]
October 25th, 2011 Hiroshima Carp 1 Tokyo Swallows 2 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWWLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) This game very nearly sucked. But in the end, it turned out to be a very satisfactory way to end the regular season. The unimportance of this contest was lost on very few people [...]
As if things weren’t already bad enough on the injury front, Tokyo has at least one new headache to deal with. It was reported in the Chunichi Sports online paper that second year infielder, Takahiro Araki, sustained a fractured left ankle during practice. He will miss all future 2011 games. We covered this a bit [...]
July 19th, 2011 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6 Yokohama BayStars 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLLDW (Yokohama Stadium) Tokyo returned to winnings ways in Yokohama as Balentien re-discovered his mojo in a major way. Us: Aoki (CF) Tanaka (2B) Whitesell (1B) Hatakeyama (LF) Balentien (RF) Miyamoto (3B) Kawabata (SS) Aikawa (C) Tateyama (P) Them: Ishikawa [...]
July 1, 2011 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWDDW (Mazda Stadium) After two disappointing ties against 4th placed Yomiuri, Tokyo closed out the 5th placed Carp tonight. After a slow June, Balentien began July like it was May. Here are the lineups: Tokyo: Aoki [...]
June 12th, 2011 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLDLW (Yahoo Dome) The birds looked to be in trouble when Tokyo starter, Tateyama, was ejected in the fourth inning after beaning Fukuoka’s third baseman in the head. But Tokyo’s bullpen kept the Hawks offense in check [...]
June 8th, 2011 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 0 Orix Buffaloes 7 Streak: L1 Last 5: LWWWL (Kyocera Dome) What? We lost, OK? Want to keep reading, make us feel bad? Tokyo: 1. Aoki (CF) 2. Tanaka (2B) 3. Whitesell (DH) 4. Hatakeyama (1B) 5. Balentien (RF) 6. Yuichi (LF) 7. Miyamoto (3B) 8. Fujimoto (SS) 9. [...]
