An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
August 23rd, 2012 Yomiuri Giants 4 Tokyo Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: WLDLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Well, that’s three hours ten minutes of my life that I’ll never get back. I’ll do you the courtesy of wasting as little of your’s as possible by keeping this one short. Tokyo took the lead in the [...]
October 29th, 2011 Yomiuri Giants 2 Tokyo Swallows 3 Series: Swallows Lead 1-0 (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo came from behind to down their beloved neighbours off the back of a Tateyama-Muranaka starter’s relay and, thank the lord of your choice, some timely hitting. In a packed and buzzing Jingu it was Tateyama, not Ishikawa as [...]
September 20th, 2011 Tokyo Swallows 1 Yomiuri Giants 6 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WDLWL (Tokyo Dome) Tokyo’s last game of the season with Yomiuri was one to forget. But it shouldn’t overshadow the 12W-8L-4D winning record for the year, which represents the Swallows’ first winning season against the brainwashed orange tribe in eleven years. [...]
July 5th, 2011 Yomiuri Giants 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: DWLWW (Shizuoka Kusanagi Stadium) Coco Balentien awoke from his slumping slumber just in time to break a 9th inning tie, and ensured that the Swallows didn’t have to endure yet another draw against Yomiuri. Us: Aoki (CF) Tanaka (2B) [...]
June 28th, 2011 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Yomiuri Giants 1 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWWLW (Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture) It was a fairytale start for 26 year old rookie Yuki Shichijo as he put on a sparkling performance to win his first game on his pro-debut. And just to make it all the [...]
August 11th, 2010 Yomiuri Giants 5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7 Streak: Won 8 Last 8: WWWWWWWW (Jingu Stadium) Tokyo displayed their tenacity in spades as they came from behind to win their eighth straight game. This is the first time in seven years the Swallows have put up eight wins on the bounce. Let [...]
June 22nd, 2010 Yomiuri Giants 5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WLLWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Yomiuri brought their brand of thoroughly unlikeable baseball and mentally challenged fans to Jingu for the first time this season. And as they more often than not tend to do, they left with a win. Wonderful. [...]
September 4th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Yomiuri Giants 3 Streak: Drawn 1 Last 5: LLLWD (Tokyo Dome) Tokyo and those stupid orange fuktards Yomiuri played out the longest game in the CL this year, as they couldn’t be separated in 5 hours and 27 minutes of baseball. Tragically, the Swallows were robbed of a [...]
