An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
August 25th, 2011 Chunichi Dragons 5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LWWDL (Jingu Stadium) In my pessimism, I tend to look for the dark side early. Tonight, to my chagrin, proved me right. I hate that. The big ball line-up of Fludge, CoCo, and Colin couldn’t quite pound enough home. [...]
April 17th, 2011 Yokohama BayStars 0 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLDW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Swallows win! Swallows win! The Victors: Aoki (CF) Tanaka (2B) Hamanaka (LF) Hatakeyamal (1B) Aikawa (C) Balentien (RF) Miyamoto (3B) Kawabata (SS) Masubuchi (P) The Vanquished: Ishikawa (SS) Watanabe (2B) Sledge (LF) Murata (3B) Harper [...]
Offensive league leaders after games played on May 1, 2009. Home Runs Central League Pacific League Player # Kanemoto (Hanshin) 8 Wada (Chunichi) 8 Ogasawara (Yomiuri) 6 D’Antona (Tokyo) 5 Guiel (Tokyo) 5 Morino (Chunichi) 5 Fujii (Chunichi) 4 Kawashima (Tokyo) 4 Arai (Hanshin) 4 Blanco (Chunichi) 4 Lee (Yomiuri) 4 Player # Rhodes (Orix) [...]
Offensive league leaders after games played on April 12, 2009. Home Runs Central League Pacific League Player # Kanemoto (Hanshin) 7 Guiel (Tokyo) 4 Fujii (Chunichi) 4 Tsuruoka (Yomiuri) 3 Morino (Chunichi) 3 Wada (Chunichi) 3 Ogasawara (Yomiuri) 3 Kawashima (Tokyo) 2 Kurihara (Hiroshima) 2 Arai (Hanshin) 2 Abe (Yomiuri) 2 Lee (Yomiuri) 2 Blanco [...]
