Monday, March 15th, 2010

Semi-official injury count for the month of February at the Tokyo Swallows spring camp: 11 players missed all or part of at least one day of practice. In detail, that works out to six pitchers, four catchers, and one infielder. Go, go Swallows!
While the six injured pitchers may set off the loudest alarm for some [...]

October 18th, 2009

Tokyo Swallows 2

Chunichi Dragons 3

Series: Chunichi 1-1 Tokyo
(Nagoya Dome)
The Dragons leveled the series with a come-from-behind win and made sure that both team’s season will survive at least one more day.

September 29th, 2009

Hanshin Tigers 8

Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2

Streak: Lost 1     Last 5:  WWWWL
(Jingu Stadium)
Well, no blisters were involved, but that still sucked.

September 28th, 2009

Hanshin Tigers 1
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7
Streak: Won 6    Last 5:  WWWWW
(Jingu Stadium)
Tokyo starter, Takagi, had another solid outing as Tokyo won a very important contest versus the Hanshin Tigers.

September 16th, 2009

Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6

Yokohama BayStars 2

Streak: Won 1  Last 5: LLLLW
(Yokohama Stadium)
Huh. Imagine that.

September 15th, 2009

Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5

Yokohama BayStars 6

Streak: Lost 9  Last 5: LLLLL
(Yokohama Stadium)
The last time the Swallows played the Baystars, the Stars whupped them 13-2. Carrying an eight game losing streak, the beleaguered fourth-place Swallows headed to Yokohama to play a team that has had their number all season long.

September 8th, 2009

Hiroshima Toyo Carp 6
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3
Streak: Lost 3     Last : WDLLL
(Jingu Stadium)
Well it doesn’t rain, it pours. And for the Swallows at the moment it’s raining a consistent shower of piss. Today the Swallows arguably did enough to win the game. No make that should of won the game. But [...]

August 27th, 2009

Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6

Hiroshima Toyo Carp 7

Streak: Lost 2     Last : LLWLL
(Mazda Stadium)
Oh dear. Things are not going well at the moment. At. all.
Just like the Carp did the night before, Tokyo found themselves with a 6-0 lead at the end of their 2nd inning of play. But unlike the prior [...]

August 21st, 2009

Yomiuri Giants 6

Tokyo Yakult Swallows 9

Streak: Won 1    Last 5: WLWLW
(Jingu Stadium)
Can anyone remember the last time Tokyo won a three-game series? Neither can I.
The birds went into this game hoping to catch the visiting Giants napping as they desperately seek a win or two to get their season back [...]

August 20th, 2009

Hanshin Tigers 10

Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2

Streak: Lost 1     Last 5:  LWLWL
(Jingu Stadium)
Well, I was wrong about who would be pitching today. I thought, and kind of hoped, that it would be Yuuki. Unfortunately, it was Ichiba.
So it is probably necessary for me to think of a couple of positives before [...]