Back on September 8th, infielder Ryousuke Morioka (no. 68) resurfaced on the pro team. He appeared in 25 games and batted .150 during his first stint on the top team earlier this season. He has been impressive on the farm, however, hitting .307 in 43 games. And in this, his second, foray on the top [...]
September 9th, 2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 9 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 0 Streak: Lost 4 Last : DLLLL (Jingu Stadium) Two-word game report: shit sandwich.
Pitcher Katsuki Akagawa (no. 47), a rookie southpaw from Miyazaki, is now on the top team. His numbers at the farm level aren’t exactly stellar, 2-3 with a 5.98 ERA, but he has apparently shown flashes of brilliance of late. On August 14th against the Lions, Akagawa carried a no hitter into the eighth inning. [...]
March 10th, 2009 SoftBank Hawks 10 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: LWLLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) The bats were a bit anemic again today. Tokyo managed only six hits, two better than the game yesterday versus Hanshin. The birds got waxed early and often. Tokyo newbie pitcher (read: straight out of [...]
The amateur draft took place last night, but the media only picked up the fact that Yomiuri landed a big-hitting kid by the name of Taishi Ota out of Tokaidai Sagami High School as their first pick. Anyway, while it may come as a surprise to the media that 11 other teams were present at [...]
