6/9/10 – Hokkaido (Away)

Ihara effectively wins the game in the 3rd

June 9th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 1 Streak: Won 1   Last 5: WLWLW (Sapporo Dome) Tokyo won the first of their four meetings in a week with their PL 6th-placed equivalents as they continued their affinity to alternate their wins and losses. Tokyo’s starting lineup was notable for Guiel being switched to [...]

5/24/10 – Hokkaido (Home) [Game Cancelled]

May 24th, 2010 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Tokyo Yakult Swallows Streak: Lost 8   Last 5: LLLLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Another day, another rainout.

5/23/10 – Hokkaido (Home) [Game Cancelled]

Nippon Ham

May 23rd, 2010 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Tokyo Yakult Swallows Streak: Lost 8   Last 5: LLLLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Game rained out. Shame.

2010 Interleague Preview

2010 Interleague Logo

Tomorrow, weather permitting, the 6 Central League teams will play host to the 6 Pacific League teams, kicking off 5 weeks of Interleague play. This post will hopefully give you some information you will find useful.

Off-Day Pissing Contest

I’m starting an irregular tradition, although there are better things, even on this site, I could be doing with my time. I’m giving our loyal and friendly readers, which would be you, something to talk about on a day with no game. I’m going to pathetically brag, in the hope that you will one up [...]

10/31/09 — Japan Series — Hokkaido vs. Yomiuri (Game 1)

Yomiuri 4 Hokkaido 3 Series: Hokkaido 0-1 Yomiuri (Sapporo Dome) The 2009 Japan Series kicked off tonight in Sapporo with the Pacific League Champions, Hokkaido, hosting their Central League counterparts, the Yomiuri Giants.

6/08/09 – Hokkaido (Home)

June 8th, 2009 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 1   Last 5: LWWLW (Jingu Stadium) A 9th inning timely Takeuchi RBI single broke a 3-3 tie as Tokyo had themselves their first sayonara victory of 2009. It was a great end to a truly absorbing game between two closely matched [...]

6/07/09 – Hokkaido (Home)

June 7th, 2009 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 0 Streak: Lost 1   Last 5: LLWWL (Jingu Stadium) This was a game where pitching dominated and chances were at a premium, with the Fighters taking their’s to edge it and take the victory. Ryo Kawashima started for the birds, and did well but just didn’t [...]

5/23/09 – Hokkaido (Away)

May 23rd, 2009   Tokyo Yakult Swallows  0 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3  Streak: Lost 1   Last 5: WWLWL (Sapporo Dome) Two days after being shutout on two hits by Rakuten ace Tanaka, Yakult got to try their hand against another of Japan’s top-tier starters, Yu Darvish. But unlike against Tanaka, Tokyo managed to rack up eight [...]

5/22/09 – Hokkaido (Away)

Iihara brought the winning run around from second with this single in the sixth.

May 22nd, 2009   Tokyo Yakult Swallows  3 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters  2 Streak: Won 1   Last 5: WWWLW (Sapporo Dome) In what was initially thought to be a Darvish-Tateyama faceoff, Swallows fans were a bit relieved to hear that former Tokyo southpaw, Shugo Fujii, would be taking the mound instead. Not that Fujii (3-2; 4.50) isn’t [...]