An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
June 16th, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 8 Orix Buffaloes 10 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLLWL (Kyocera Dome) And finally, brutally, the interleague portion of the season comes to an inglorious end. Until we meet again, Pa-League. As you can plainly and painfully see, a big sixth inning from the hometown Buffaloes was all it took [...]
June 2nd, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 5 Chiba Marines 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWLLW (QVC Marine Stadium) This game was a wild one. There was a little bit of everything going on, but your Tokyo birds ended the afternoon with smiles on their faces. With the win, Tokyo secured the interleague series victory over their [...]
May 31st, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 1 Saitama Seibu Lions 4 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WLLWL (Seibu Dome) The Swallows bad fortunes continue at Seibu Dome. After battling all night, the Swallows gave this one away in the bottom of the ninth. Tonight was a pitchers duel for 7 and a half innings. Makita [...]
May 26th, 2013 Fukuoka Hawks 4 Tokyo Swallows 0 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLDWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) This game sucked pretty hard, so we spent several innings perfecting our Twerk. I don’t know if my lower back will ever forgive me. But some baseball was also played, so I guess I should [...]
June 19th, 2012 Chiba Lotte Marines Tokyo Yakult Swallows Last 5: LWWLW Streak: Won 1 (Jingu Stadium) The last dose of interleague “joy” will have to wait another day, as tonight’s game has been cancelled due to the impending typhoon(s) due to hit the Kanto region later today. They will try again tomorrow evening. [...]
The interleague portion of the season is nearly over, thank Furuta, and we can now get on with the season against five enemies that are essentially known quantities. And even though David and Christopher were violently wrong in their nonchalant prognostications a month ago, they forge ahead in the current podcast like nothing ever happened. [...]
June 17th, 2012 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWWLW (Sapporo Dome) Coco!! That’s right. Came back and won it in the 9th inning! Overall, the birds had another rough day at the plate. This contest remained a pitcher’s duel for much of the afternoon, and Tokyo [...]
Welcome to rainy season, Swallowers. Here’s something for you to read while beating a hasty retreat. Swallows of the Week Week 10 Here is a recap of the performances of the four contestants from last week (copied from last week’s Snapshot): Kazuhiro Hatakeyama (1B) - Fludge was 7-17 at the plate this week and contributed two [...]
June 8th, 2012 Chiba Lotte Marines 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 13 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: WWLWW (Jingu Stadium) Welcome back Mr Balentien! Tonight saw the return of Wladimir Balentien to Jingu and to the starting line-up. He made his mark in his first two at-bats. Coco was not alone in his sweet swinging as you can [...]
June 5th, 2012 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 0 Orix Buffaloes 5 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LWWWL (Kyocera Dome) Chances were created/wasted in equal measure and runs were gifted as the Swallows mini-revival came to an end in Osaka. Both teams wasted chances early on. In the top of the 1st, back-to-back two-out singles from Kawabata and [...]
