An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
September 13th, 2011 Tokyo Swallows 4 Hiroshima Carp 1 Streak: Won 7 Last 5: WWWWW (Mazda Zoooooom Zooooooom Stadium) After dispatching the hoodoo that Hanshin had held over them in 2011 with that ultra-satisfying sweep this last weekend, the first series of this new week presented another opportunity to turn the tables on a [...]
September 7th, 2011 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Yokohama BayStars 0 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: WWLWW (Yokohama Stadium) If there’s one thing that’s been backwards over the past few years, it has been the difficulty Tokyo has had with Japan’s most-unfortunately nicknamed, and most unfortunate, club, the BayStars. Thankfully, that has changed. Akagawa notched his [...]
Sepember 1st, 2011 Hiroshima Carp 2 Tokyo Swallows 4 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Today marked the beginning of a new month, and hopefully the start of the Swallows’ stretch run to the championships. While the result was a win, it remains to be see how the team [...]
After taking a bit of a hiatus because of the All Star break and subsequent personal vacation, the Monday Review is back! A lot has happened since the last Monday Review, the team has come back down to earth despite seeing many key players return from injury. The team is 5-10-3 since the All Star [...]
August 2nd, 2011 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Chunichi Dragons 0 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWDDW (Nagoya Dome) Ishikawa managed to keep the Dragons off the board for 8 innings while Lim just about managed to hold it together in the 9th to give Masanori his first win since June. And unlike last week’s [...]
July 30th, 2011 Yomiuri Giants 2 Tokyo Swallows 2 Streak: Tied 1 Last 5: LWLWD (Meiji Jingu Stadium) After gritty pitching win last night, the Swallows looked to take the series win against the Giants at Jingu. With Miyamoto taking a rest day the Swallows start Keizo at short and move Kawabata to third. Furthermore, [...]
July 15th, 2011 Yomiuri Giants 1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WWWDW (Tokyo Dome) The Birds look to continue their strong performance of late and run their unbeaten streak against Yomiuri to 10. Tokyo: 1. Aoki (CF) 2. Tanaka (2B) 3. Whitesell (1B) 4. Hatakeyama (LF) 5. Balentien (RF) 6. Miyamoto [...]
July 13th, 2011 Chunichi Dragons 5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: WLWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) A sayonara RBI by Ryoji Aikawa in the tenth inning earned Tokyo their second straight victory over second-place Chunichi, putting the Swallows six games ahead atop the Central League. Us: Aoki (CF) Tanaka (2B) Whitesell (1B) [...]
July 10th, 2011 Hanshin Tigers 0 Tokyo Swallows 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WWWLW (Akita Stadium) After the embarrassment of yesterday’s game, the Tokyo Swallows looked to get back on track behind the unpredictable Masubuchi. Turns out that the kid had one of his finer outings of the year, and some clutch [...]
July 3, 2011 Hiroshima Carp 3 Tokyo Swallows 7 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: DDWLW (Mazda Stadium) Tokyo pounced on some iffy pitching early to build a lead that would eventually give the wobbly Masubuchi the win even though he surrendered three runs off of eights hits over five innings of 98-pitch [...]
