The Monday Review #13

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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 [...]

5/29/11 – Saitama (Away)

Masubuchi has a tough afternoon

May 29th, 2011 Tokyo Swallows 1 Saitama Seibu Lions 10 Streak: Lost 2   Last 5: DLWLL (Seibu Dome)   Add pinches of shoddy fielding to a large helping of inept control on the mound, and the result is an absolute drubbing at the hands of the Lions out in Saitama. Tokyo’s Lineup: 1. Aoki [...]

The Monday Review #5

Araki and Morioka will battle it out for the shortstop position.

Welcome to the Monday Review, in which we’ll look back at the week that was and look ahead to the week that will be. We hope a recurring weekly review column will help readers identify some trends that can’t be covered in a single game report. We’re still trying to work out the format, so [...]

Chikara Onodera Acquired from Saitama Seibu

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It’s being reported that Tokyo are set to purchase Chikara Onodera, a right-handed reliever, from the Saitama Seibu Lions. Onodera is 30 years old and hails from Saitama Prefecture and is in his ninth year of professional baseball. He’s listed 95 kg and 188 cm tall, and he had what was arguably his best year [...]