An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
On this day in 1991, Shingo Takatsu made his NPB debut for the Swallows. Selected in the third round of the 1990 draft out of Asia University, he was first used as a starter but only won a few games during his first two seasons on the top team. It wasn’t until the 1993 season [...]
“A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings” (former MLB pitcher, Earl Wilson). That’s for damn sure. And the heart attack-inducing portion of the roster has tended to be the bullpen over the past five years. I have always been “interested” to see if our relievers could hold on to the [...]
