An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
June 2nd, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 5 Chiba Marines 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWLLW (QVC Marine Stadium) This game was a wild one. There was a little bit of everything going on, but your Tokyo birds ended the afternoon with smiles on their faces. With the win, Tokyo secured the interleague series victory over their [...]
Tokyo Swallows Wladimir Balentien is having some right elbow issues and hasn’t been able to practice at 100%. It seems like Ogawa is starting to get a little impatient (link in Japanese). Balentien didn’t play in Tokyo’s pre-season game against Hanshin on Saturday. Tokyo beat Hokkaido 3-0 in a practice game on Thursday February 23rd. [...]
June 19th, 2011 Chiba Lotte Marines 7 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WWLWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) In their quest to finish the damned interleague portion of the season with a .500 record, the Swallows scored first but got completely manhandled after that. Chiba: 1. Okada (CF) 2. Ishimine (RF) [...]
