An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
October 4th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 4 Hiroshima Carp 0 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWWLW (Mazda Stadium) With the season winding down, the Carp and Swallows met for their final Mazda Stadium game of the 2012 season. With their post-season fate already sealed the Swallows came in to the game looking to extend personal [...]
September 27th, 2012 Hanshin Tigers 12 Tokyo Swallows 0 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WLWWL (Jingu Stadium) The Swallows suffered their worst defeat of the season tonight, losing 12-0 to the Tigers. Like our recent wins, this loss was a team effort with lapses coming from all phases of the game. In an [...]
September 21st, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 4 Yomiuri Giants 6 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WWWWL (Tokyo Dome) I want to be remain thankful and happy that the birds swept the last two series at a time when they really needed to. But no, it’s hard to be grateful when you drop the game that ensures [...]
September 14th, 2012 Yokohama BayStars 2 Tokyo Swallows 6 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: DWWLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) For the first night of the series, the Birds have broken the spell that the DeNA Merlins had on them. Let’s hope that this continues as we need to work some hocus-pocus on the rest of the [...]
August 26th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 2 Chunichi Dragons 0 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LLLWW (Nagoya Dome) For the second game in a row, the Tokyo starter pitched a complete game shut-out against the Chubu newspaper smurfs. Both pitchers pitched extremely well today. Fortunately for the Birds, their bats came alive at the right time and did enough [...]
August 19th, 2012 Hanshin Tigers 7 Tokyo Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLLWL (Jingu Stadium) A hard-fought pitchers duel turned into a Swallows’ nightmare in the ninth inning. With two outs in the top of the ninth inning with the game tied at 1-1, I was still mentally preparing to write a [...]
August 12th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 6 Yomiuri Giants 1 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WWLLW (Tokyo Dome) The birds weren’t overpowering in this game, but they deserve credit for creating chances and capitalizing on several of them. Lots of RBI singles with runners on second base. I dare say that it was fun to [...]
August 1st, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 2 Hanshin Tigers 3 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: WDLLL (Koshien) The Tigers took an early lead off of Muranaka and held on late for the win. The Birds have now lost 3 in a row. There is not much to take away from tonight’s game except the fact that [...]
July 26th, 2012 Hiroshima Carp 16 Tokyo Swallows 12 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLLDL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tonight was 400 yen beer night at Jingu Stadium, which meant the outfield stands were packed with fair-weather fans. As you can no doubt tell from the crazy boxscore below, there was plenty of time to [...]
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, [...]
