An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
Things are not great right now, Swallowers. Here’s something for you to read while finding an alternate use for your bat. Swallow of the Week Week 7 Possibly due to how late I got the last snapshot up on the site, not too many people had a chance to vote. Only 14 folks submitted a [...]
May 20th, 2012 Orix Buffaloes 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: LWLLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) The run production woes continue. What do you need to know? After Wednesday’s blowout victory over 2011 Japan Series champion Fukuoka, the birds are a bit constipated run-wise. Not fun. Tokyo got off on the wrong [...]
Sorry for the delay, Swallowers. It’s my fault. There are no excuses here at Tsubamegun. Something for you to read while planning a trip to New Orleans. Swallows of the Week Week 6 This one was never really going to be much of a contest, what with the wicked week that Coco put up and [...]
May 12, 2012 Yomiuri Giants 1 Tokyo Swallows 1 Streak: 1 tie Last 5: LLLWD (Akita Komachi Stadium) Tonight saw Tokyo’s two teams travel North to Akita for the first of a two-game set. This would be the last weekend either team faced a Central League opponent for over a month as inter-league play [...]
May 8th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 0 Chunichi Dragons 1 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: LWWLL (Toyohashi Stadium) Chunichi leapfrogged Tokyo back up to the top of the CL as they edged an ultra-tight affair in Aichi. Dragons’ starter Yamai was attempting his third start of the season against the Swallows, after racking up two losses and an [...]
Hello, all you Swallowers! Here’s something to read while claiming your shark repellent spray refund. Miyamoto’s Meikyukai Induction Miyamoto became the 40th batter to reach the 2,000 hit milestone with a single in his first at-bat against Hiroshima starter, Yuya Fukui on Friday. The game was immediately halted as Miyamoto’s teammates came onto the field [...]
May 6th, 2012 Hiroshima Carp 6 Tokyo Swallows 0 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WLWWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) This is the same pitching duel that we saw early last week in the rain in Hiroshima, Tokyo’s Shohei Tateyama taking on Hiroshima’s Kenta Maeda. It was Maeda’s first game of 2012 pitching at Jingu Stadium, and [...]
May 1st, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 7 Yokohama BayStars 0 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: WWLWW (Yokohama Stadium) The last time the birds played the stars, they lost two on the trot. That ugly set of events transpired April 10th, 11th, and 12th, and it was the first time this season that any club dropped two [...]
Something to read while looking for inspiration. Website Updates Apologies for the delay, but we finally set up a game schedule up on the front page. We didn’t have one on there last season due to space limitations, but we think that you’ll find this year’s solution to be a workable one. Scroll down to [...]
April 30th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 7 Hiroshima Carp 1 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: DWWLW (Mazda Stadium, Hiroshima) Yesterday Tokyo ran headlong into a masterful performance by early rookie-of-the-year candidate, Yusuke Nomura. The 22-year-old drafted out of Meiji University threw his slider wherever he wanted and induced 14 groundouts from the [...]
