An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
October 31th, 2011 Yomiuri Giants 1 Tokyo Swallows 3 Series: Swallows Win 2-1 (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Based on the comments received in yesterday’s game report, you don’t need to read this report to find out that the Swallows won game 3 of their series against the hated Giants. The raw details of what happened and [...]
October 29th, 2011 Yomiuri Giants 2 Tokyo Swallows 3 Series: Swallows Lead 1-0 (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo came from behind to down their beloved neighbours off the back of a Tateyama-Muranaka starter’s relay and, thank the lord of your choice, some timely hitting. In a packed and buzzing Jingu it was Tateyama, not Ishikawa as [...]
Welcome to the Monday Review, in which we’ll look back at the week that was and look ahead to the week that will be. We hope a recurring weekly review column will help readers identify some trends that can’t be covered in a single game report. We’re still trying to work out the format, so [...]
October 14th, 2011 Hanshin Tigers 10 Yakult Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 5 Last 5: LLLLL (Meiji Jingu) Tonight it seemed the only way the Swallows would win this game would be if the rain kept on falling and the game would have been called. Unfortunately, after a few rain delays, the game was eventually [...]
October 8th, 2011 Hiroshima Carp 7 Tokyo Swallows 4 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLLWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) On a night which saw Chunichi shut down and beaten by Yomiuri, a win for Tokyo would have sent them back to the top of the CL. But a battling come-from-behind performance was undone [...]
Welcome to the Monday Review, in which we’ll look back at the week that was and look ahead to the week that will be. We hope a recurring weekly review column will help readers identify some trends that can’t be covered in a single game report. We’re still trying to work out the format, so [...]
September 27th, 2011 Hanshin Tigers 4 Tokyo Swallows 8 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LLLWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) After failing to grasp the chance to put some decent breathing room between them and the second-placed Dragons in Nagoya last week, every game for the remaining three weeks or so of the regular season is essentially [...]
September 20th, 2011 Tokyo Swallows 1 Yomiuri Giants 6 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WDLWL (Tokyo Dome) Tokyo’s last game of the season with Yomiuri was one to forget. But it shouldn’t overshadow the 12W-8L-4D winning record for the year, which represents the Swallows’ first winning season against the brainwashed orange tribe in eleven years. [...]
September 14th, 2011 Tokyo Swallows 7 Hiroshima Carp 6 Streak: Won 8 Last 5: WWWWW (Mazda Zoom Zoom Zoom! Zoom zooomzoomzoomzoom Stadium Hiroshima) Aoki started this game with a strike out, but he at least drew seven pitches. Tanaka drew a walk and Kawabata got a hit, both to be commended. Hatakeyama popped out and, [...]
September 8th, 2011 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7 Yokohama BayStars 3 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: WLWWW (Yokohama Stadium) Don’t let the score fool you, this game was a lot closer and a lot uglier than plain numbers can describe. Both starters looked good early on. Even as Muranaka gave up a solo homer to Murata [...]
