October 4th, 2009 Yomiuri Giants 5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLLWL (Jingu Stadium) With it now nine games against the Giants without a win (8 losses, 1 tie) I really don’t know why I bother to write game reports for these encounters. I should just write the score, then a [...]
9/26/09 — Yokohama (Home)
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September 26th, 2009 Yokohama BayStars 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 4 Last 5: LWWWW (Jingu Stadium) A crazy thing happened today. The Tokyo Swallows reclaimed third place in the Central League.
Tokyo Roster Update — 9/24/09
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Pitchers Kyouhei Muranaka (no. 15) and Mikinori Katoh (no. 16), the alleged future of the pitching staff, were brought up to the top team on the 18th of September. Muranaka, a fourth year lefty from Kanagawa, has been one of 2009′s bigger letdowns as far as the rotation is concerned. He resurfaces on the parent [...]
9/18/09 – Yomiuri (Home)
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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.
Tokyo Roster Update — 8/29/09
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Outfielder Yuichi Matsumoto (no. 31), the 29-year-old veteran who originally hails from Brazil, was recalled to the first team after being dropped a little over three weeks ago. Prior to being dropped he hit .233 in 33 appearances for the top club. On the farm this season, Yuichi has hit .333 in 17 games with [...]
Tokyo Roster Update — 8/28/09
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Starting pitcher Kyouhei Muranaka (no. 15) rejoined the first team after a very brief stay (about 10 days) down on the farm. He was utterly ineffective in his five starts prior to last night’s game. His record was 0-4 and he averaged nearly a run per inning as indicated by his 8.06 ERA. Takada waited [...]
8/27/09 – Hiroshima (Away)
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Tokyo Roster Update — 8/18/09
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Pitcher Shouhei Tateyama (no. 25) has returned to the top team after a brief spell on the farm. The right-handed ace was sent down after a shelling at the hands of the Giants, and his absence has been clearly evident as the replacement contingent hasn’t done a very good job of filling in for him. [...]
8/14/09 — Chunichi (Away)
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August 14th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Chunichi Dragons 12 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: LWLLL (Nagoya Dome) The listless Swallows ventured to Nagoya, still reeling from last night’s whupping by the Yokohama BayStars. And to add one more item to the list of things that are not working in Tokyo’s favor, Chunichi has [...]
8/6/09 — Yokohama (Away)
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August 6th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Yokohama BayStars 4 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: WLWLL (Hiratsuka Stadium) Today was another Muranaka start (with Yoneno behind the plate). It seems like we use the Baystars series as a chance to give people game time.
