An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
August 30th, 2012 Hiroshima Carp 2 Tokyo Swallows 2 Streak: Drawn 1 Last 5: WWLWD (Meiji Jingu Stadium) The Swallows couldn’t quite do enough with the bat to pull out a win, as they played to a ten inning tie with the Carp and remain 2.5 games back from a playoff spot. Starter Roman [...]
July 15th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 5 Hanshin Tigers 2 Streak: Win 1 Last 5: LWDLW (Koshien) Your birds were a bit relentless today and banged out a total of 15 hits while partially making up for yesterday’s wastefulness. Milledge led off the game with a blast to left-center on a 1-1 offering from Hanshin starter, [...]
Something for you to read while sorting out your statistical support. Tokyo just ended a rain-shortened week that started nicely and ended with a whimper. Some of that whimper is likely attributable to the fact that Milledge was forced to sit out most of the Hiroshima series last weekend. But before we get into that, [...]
June 30th, 2012 Hanshin Tigers 6 Tokyo Swallows 4 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: DWWWL (Jingu Stadium) After a thrilling win the previous night, the Swallows were unable to carry the positive momentum into the next day. Orlando Roman made his first start since being recalled to the top team after Lim’s injury and [...]
Welcome back, Swallowers! Here’s something for you to read while searching for an opponent. Swallows of the Week Week 11 Here is a recap of the top performers from Week 11 (copied from this post): Kazuhiro Hatakeyama (1B) - notched the most hits on the team last week, going 6-21 at the plate. He was also [...]
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 10th, 2012 Saitama Seibu Lions 4 Tokyo Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WLWWL (Jingu Stadium) This game was crap. And soggy. The Swallows fielded a lineup that was very similar to the one they tried to put on the field for yesterday’s rained out game against the Chiba Marines. The rains [...]
Happy Coming-of-Age Day to all of the 20-year-olds out there who are celebrating today. Be sure to post a photo of yourself in the comments all decked out in your old-enough-to-vote garb. And don’t drink too much tonight. This website has been very preoccupied with Norichika Aoki news as of late, and Lastings Milledge has [...]
The birds made a few new acquisitions back on the 29th of October, and at least one of those picks (a left-handed pitcher out of the industrial leagues) looks like he could make an immediate contribution to the team. The Swallows were part of that huge scrum looking to snap up Yusei Kikuchi, but they [...]
