An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
May 31st, 2011 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Chiba Lotte Marines 1 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWLLW (QVC Marine Field) After their inept drubbing at the hands of Seibu on Sunday, the Swallows headed back to the scene of their lowest ebb under the previous manager to try and get the wheels back on [...]
May 29th, 2011 Tokyo Swallows 1 Saitama Seibu Lions 10 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: DLWLL (Seibu Dome) Add pinches of shoddy fielding to a large helping of inept control on the mound, and the result is an absolute drubbing at the hands of the Lions out in Saitama. Tokyo’s Lineup: 1. Aoki [...]
May 28th, 2011 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Saitama Seibu Lions 3 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LDLWL (Seibu Dome) After the brief respite that was the win against Orix on Thursday, normal Swallows Inter-League service was resumed as they lost to the Lions at the Seibu Dome. Us: Ishikawa (P) Aoki (CF) Fukuchi (LF) [...]
May 26th, 2011 Orix Buffaloes 1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLDLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) That’s right folks! That’s not a typo. The Swallows managed to score more points than their opponent. For those of you who don’t remember what that’s called, that’s called a win. Today’s lineup featured a [...]
May 23rd, 2011 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 0 Tokyo Swallows 0 Streak: Drew 1 Last 5: LLLLD (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Not a very enjoyable day at Jingu. This game was called after five innings of steady drizzling. The mound had just about turned to mud. Fukuoka 1. Kawasaki SS 2. Honda 2B 3. [...]
June 15th, 2010 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 10 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WWWWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo’s longest winning streak of the season came to a screeching halt at the hands of the Hokkaido Fighters who refused to be swept. In fact, they were so adamant about not being [...]
June 14th, 2010 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 8 Streak: Won 5 Last 5: WWWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) When this game was originally scheduled to be played (May 23rd), Takada was still at the helm, the birds had just gotten whupped by Chiba 20-4, and the team was in the midst [...]
June 13th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 1 Streak: Won 4 Last 5: LWWWW (Kleenex Stadium Miyagi) Hats off to the birds for the current winning streak which ties their season-best of four games. And may I remind you that the last two wins came against Iwakuma and Tanaka, two [...]
June 12th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 1 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: WLWWW (Kleenex Stadium Miyagi) The Swallows now have themselves a three-game winning streak–a feat that first took place back in March after an opening day defeat. That first three-game run was extended to four, but that fourth [...]
June 1st, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LDWLW (Yahoo Dome) With the dismal and eventful month of May finally behind them, the Tokyo Swallows headed south to Fukuoka for a run-in with the Pacific League’s wins (8) and strikeouts per nine innings (11.84) leader, Sugiuchi. [...]
