The regular season ended on Monday when Tokyo came from behind to beat Yomiuri, and the Swallows’ resulting 71-72-1 record earned them praise for a modest improvement over last year and the team’s first ever advancement to the Climax Series. The team’s solid play at the end of 2009 was a refreshing bookend to a [...]
Offensive league leaders after games played on May 1, 2009. Home Runs Central League Pacific League Player # Kanemoto (Hanshin) 8 Wada (Chunichi) 8 Ogasawara (Yomiuri) 6 D’Antona (Tokyo) 5 Guiel (Tokyo) 5 Morino (Chunichi) 5 Fujii (Chunichi) 4 Kawashima (Tokyo) 4 Arai (Hanshin) 4 Blanco (Chunichi) 4 Lee (Yomiuri) 4 Player # Rhodes (Orix) [...]
Offensive league leaders after games played on April 12, 2009. Home Runs Central League Pacific League Player # Kanemoto (Hanshin) 7 Guiel (Tokyo) 4 Fujii (Chunichi) 4 Tsuruoka (Yomiuri) 3 Morino (Chunichi) 3 Wada (Chunichi) 3 Ogasawara (Yomiuri) 3 Kawashima (Tokyo) 2 Kurihara (Hiroshima) 2 Arai (Hanshin) 2 Abe (Yomiuri) 2 Lee (Yomiuri) 2 Blanco [...]
