An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
June 16th, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 8 Orix Buffaloes 10 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLLWL (Kyocera Dome) And finally, brutally, the interleague portion of the season comes to an inglorious end. Until we meet again, Pa-League. As you can plainly and painfully see, a big sixth inning from the hometown Buffaloes was all it took [...]
June 2nd, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 5 Chiba Marines 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWLLW (QVC Marine Stadium) This game was a wild one. There was a little bit of everything going on, but your Tokyo birds ended the afternoon with smiles on their faces. With the win, Tokyo secured the interleague series victory over their [...]
May 25th, 2013 Fukuoka Hawks 3 Tokyo Swallows 4 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLDW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) In the same game a year ago, Tokyo whupped up on the visiting Hawks to the tune of 14-3. This game didn’t turn out to be nearly the same walk in the park, but a win [...]
April 27th, 2013 Yomiuri Giants 2 Tokyo Swallows 4 Streak: Won 4 Last 5: LWWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Your Tokyo Swallows won their second series on the trot tonite, and it’s never more satisfying than when said victory comes at the expense of Yomiuri’s patronizing, piggly swagger. And guess who was finally dealt his first [...]
Welcome to the start of the 2013 Tokyo Swallows season! Spring Camp is already well under way, and Dave and Christopher invite a special guest onto the show to talk about the following Swallows-related news (in no particular order): Hatakeyama’s facial hair Iwamura’s return to the nest New uniforms! Last year’s battle with Chunichi in [...]
September 16th, 2012 Yokohama BayStars 1 Tokyo Swallows 2 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: WLWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) With Hiroshima losing to the Dragons earlier this afternoon, the Swallows looked to extend their advantage in the race for the third and final CL playoff spot to a full three games. And that [...]
September 4th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 1 Yokohama BayStars 2 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: DDWWL (Yokohama Stadium) Nothing as predictable as losing to the BayStars to bring a nice little run to an end. After three winning series against Chunichi (twice) and Hiroshima, Miura and his cellar-dwelling Yokohama chums shut down the Swallows to hand [...]
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 21st, 2012 Yomiuri Giants 6 Tokyo Swallows 6 Streak: Drawn 1 Last 5: LLWLD (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo showed a lot of fight as they battled to a nine inning tie against that other team from across town, and while they couldn’t quite come away with a win, more of the same fight will be needed [...]
August 16th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 2 Hiroshima Carp 4 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: LWWLL (Mazda Stadium) Roman came into tonight’s game looking to continue his streak of complete games. But despite a hot start to the game succumb to the Carp bats in the eighth, as the Carp came from behind to [...]
