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 [...]
Things finally got worked out behind the scenes, and thankfully D’Antona will be swinging the bat for the birds again in 2010.
He reportedly signed a two-year deal that will see him taking home 73 million yen this year (plus incentives).
The deal includes a club option for the second year.
Phew! Glad that’s settled.
Welcome back, Jamie!
Tsubamegun wishes [...]
Well, the festive season is over and the 2010 baseball season can be spotted lurking on the horizon, just waiting to take over our lives again. Here’s a round up of what’s been going on in SwallowsLand so far this offseason that hasn’t been covered elsewhere on the site:
The Swallows made only their second ever free [...]
October 19th, 2009
Tokyo Swallows 4
Chunichi Dragons 7
Series: Chunichi 2-1 Tokyo
(Nagoya Dome)
Chunichi was definitely the better team today, but they should never forget that they had the flu and a little bit of Takada on their side. Either way, the season came to an end for the Swallows while the Dragons now inherit the unenviable task [...]
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.
October 17th, 2009
Tokyo Swallows 3
Chunichi Dragons 2
Series: Chunichi 0-1 Tokyo
(Nagoya Dome)
Game one of the 2009 Central League Climax Series kicked off in Nagoya with Chen on the mound for the home team, and Ishikawa taking the reigns for the visiting Tokyo Swallows.
And Tokyo came up with the goods versus a very sharp Chen.
October 11th, 2009
Chunichi Dragons 3
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4
Streak: Won 5 Last 5: WWWWW
(Jingu Stadium)
With the Swallows clinching 3rd and a Climax Series place on Friday, this preview matchup between the two teams that will be contesting the first round of the post-season was meant to be a nice quiet game, with both teams having little [...]
Ah, Shigeru Takada. Our esteemed manager. Regular readers of Tsubamegun will know that he’s not too popular around these parts, what with our “Takada Count” (currently at 14) keeping a tab on all his boneheaded exploits throughout this season.
October 2nd, 2009
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 5
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2
Streak: Lost 3 Last : WWLLL
(Jingu Stadium)
With Hanshin having a day off today, Tokyo had a chance to move level with the Tigers in 3rd place with a win this evening. As it turned out, it was a win that they couldn’t manage, with [...]
September 30th, 2009
Hanshin Tigers 7
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1
Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: WWWLL
(Jingu Stadium)
The birds outhit the Tigers 12-10 but still got annihilated. Yuki pitched six rather solid innings but got roughed up a little in the seventh. Takada factored a bit in this one as well.
