An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
September 1st, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Yomiuri Giants 3 Streak: Drew 1 Last 5: WLLWD (Tomiyama) After finishing out a very respectable August with an 18-8 record, by far the best W-L tally in the Central League, the birds began September with a draw. Lineup: 1. Aoki CF 2. Tanaka 2B 3. Iihara [...]
August 21st, 2010 Chunichi Dragons 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LWWWL (Nagoya Dome) With a .500 record on the line, Nakazawa and the Swallows aren’t able to take home the win in a tough luck loss to the Dragons. The Swallows started their usual lineup of: Aoki CF Tanaka [...]
July 15th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 9 Chunichi Dragons 4 Streak: Won 5 Last 5: WWWWW (Nagoya Dome) The Swallows managed to put the finishing touches on their third five-game winning streak of the season (all of them in the post-Takada era) while taking full advantage of every opportunity given to them. Tonight’s lineup: [...]
June 29th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 10 Yokohama BayStars 0 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: LLWWW (Okinawa Cellular Stadium Naha) Because the Kanto region of Japan isn’t hot enough already, the neighboring cellar-dwellers headed south–way south–to kick off a two game series in balmy Naha. And the birds walked all over the stars. Tonite’s [...]
June 25th, 2010 Hanshin Tigers 9 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: WLWLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) The birds ran headlong into a hot-hitting Hanshin side in Barnette’s return to the top team after a short spell on the farm with gout. Starting lineup: 1. Aoki CF 2. Tanaka 2B 3. Takeuchi [...]
May 2nd, 2010 Yokohama Baystars 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLLWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Quick quiz: can you actually remember the last time that the birds won a series? Neither can we. Starting for the BayStars was Tomokazu Ohka. Yikes. Tonite’s lineup: 1. Fukuchi LF 2. Miyamoto 3B 3. Aoki [...]
September 29th, 2009 Hanshin Tigers 8 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WWWWL (Jingu Stadium) Well, no blisters were involved, but that still sucked.
September 18th, 2009 Yomiuri Giants 10 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLWWL (Jingu Stadium) After two long overdue victories on the trot, normal service was resumed tonight as the team did what they nearly always do when facing their local neighbours, they yet again rolled over and became Yomiuri’s bitches.
