An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
The interleague segment of the season has begun, and David and Christopher got back in front of the mics to talk about the first month-and-a-bit of the Swallows 2012 campaign. Key Points: How correct were our predictions from TS Podcast number seven? What grade would you give Tokyo’s performance thus far? General baseball-related stupidity Hand [...]
Hello, all you Swallowers! Here’s something to read while claiming your shark repellent spray refund. Miyamoto’s Meikyukai Induction Miyamoto became the 40th batter to reach the 2,000 hit milestone with a single in his first at-bat against Hiroshima starter, Yuya Fukui on Friday. The game was immediately halted as Miyamoto’s teammates came onto the field [...]
Something to read while looking for inspiration. Website Updates Apologies for the delay, but we finally set up a game schedule up on the front page. We didn’t have one on there last season due to space limitations, but we think that you’ll find this year’s solution to be a workable one. Scroll down to [...]
Something to read while remembering to keep your hands in your pockets. Swallows of the Week Week 3 Last week’s vote saw the strong performances by Hiroyasu Tanaka (2B), Lastings Milledge (LF), Katsuki Akagawa (P), and Kyohei Muranaka (P). 28 people cast their vote this week, and here’s what they decided: Congratulations to Beavis, a [...]
April 19th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 3 Hanshin Tigers 4 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WWLWL (Koshien Stadium) Ishikawa and the Swallows lose a back-and-forth affair at a windy Koshien. The Swallows struck first in this game in the second. After Kawabata walked to lead off the inning, Miyamoto got career hit number 1987 to put [...]
April 17th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 0 Hanshin Tigers 4 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLWWL (Hotto Motto Field Kobe) After two good wins against the Carp this last weekend, Tokyo returned to the kind of baseball that saw them lose last week’s series against the Baystars. The impotent bat kind. In fairness to those [...]
Something for you to read while fielding offers for a more appropriate gig. Swallows of the Week Week 2 Ishikawa was the week one MVP, but he tanked after that. Hopefully the same fate does not await the winner of the week two polling. 31 people voted this time around, and they had five choices: Shingo [...]
April 5th, 2012 Hanshin Tigers 3 Tokyo Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WWLDL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Only 2 Tigers showed up with their A game tonight, unfortunately only 1 Swallow could say the same and the result was a frustrating 3-1 loss to the Tigers. Coming off the near no-hitter against the [...]
April 4th, 2012 Hanshin Tigers 5 Tokyo Swallows 5 Streak: Tied 1 Last 5: WWLD- (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Some ties you’re happy to get, some are a letdown; the box score lets you know which one the Birds’ delayed home opener was. Tateyama took the mound for Tokyo and got off to a pleasing [...]
