An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
September 15th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Yokohama BayStars 6 Streak: Lost 9 Last 5: LLLLL (Yokohama Stadium) The last time the Swallows played the Baystars, the Stars whupped them 13-2. Carrying an eight game losing streak, the beleaguered fourth-place Swallows headed to Yokohama to play a team that has had their number all season [...]
September 11th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Chunichi Dragons 3 Streak: Lost 6 Last 5: LLLLL (Nagoya Dome) The reeling Tokyo Swallows traveled to Nagoya to take on the slightly uninspiring (recently) Dragons after dropping three in a row against the Carp. To sweeten the deal a little (for Tokyo), Ochiai gave old guy [...]
September 3rd, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Hanshin Tigers 2 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLLW (Koshien) Tokyo finally broke it’s losing streak on the back of a solid, complete-game 134-pitch performance by Ishikawa.
August 18th, 2009 Hanshin Tigers 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLLWL (Jingu Stadium) Let it never be said that chances weren’t created in this game. Tokyo put plenty of runners on base, but they were phenomenally unsuccessful at getting them to cross home plate. Such is the overriding [...]
August 15th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Chunichi Dragons 2 Streak: Lost 4 Last 5: WLLLL (Nagoya Dome) The birds have been outscored 25-3 in their last two games. The good news is that we didn’t get spanked again this time.
August 13th, 2009 Yokohama BayStars 13 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: LLWLL (Jingu Stadium) Wow. That was embarrassing.
August 12th, 2009 Yokohama BayStars 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLLWL (Jingu Stadium) Much like last week’s series, the birds opened this one with a win last night. Would they be able to make it two in a row? Just to make things interesting, Ichiba was in for his second [...]
August 11th, 2009 Yokohama BayStars 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLLW (Jingu Stadium) The birds have had a dismal start to the second half of the season, winning only four of their last 12 games. They were able to take a series from Chunichi, but they’ve gotten whupped by everyone [...]
