An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
This is part two of a three-part interview series with some of the regulars from the NPB mainstream and independent media. Click here for part one: OYWI: NPB Moving Forward? After a detailed trip through some of the prevailing wisdom on NPB in general, which we’ll return to in the next edition of this interview [...]
The Japan Times‘s Jason Coskrey sounds off in the mainstream press on the futility of allowing Tokyo’s manager, Shigeru Takada, to keep his job until the end of the season. Valid points abound in the article, all of which are in lockstep with what has been uttered on this website and elsewhere. Here’s one choice [...]
Japanese baseball reporter and insider, Wayne Graczyk, posted an interesting article about the fall of the Tokyo and Yokohama clubs over the last several seasons. He compares them unfavorably to the state of affairs in the 80′s and says that they are two of the “worst franchises in Japanese pro baseball, in terms of both [...]
The Japan Times‘ Jason Coskrey reported today that Chiba Manager Bobby Valentine, with whom we were lucky enough to have a chat back in July, told reporters on Tuesday that a Marines official asked him to resign back in late July. Valentine broke the news while chatting with the reporters about the possibility of his [...]
For anyone who’s interested, the Japan Times published a piece about Tokyo centerfielder Norichika Aoki, whom we here at the Tsubamegun think just might be the best position player in the NPB these days. The piece, based on an interview with Aoki prior to the Swallows’ recent home loss to the Yokohama BayStars, focuses on [...]
