It’s that time of year again. Spring camp has begun, and the players are all gearing up for another season of sweeping all before them (well, the Giants players are anyway.) The salary negotiations are done and our heroes in the Tokyo uniforms now know how much they will be earning to follow the instructions [...]
October 9th, 2009
Hanshin Tigers 1
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3
Streak: Won 4 Last 5: LWWWW
(Jingu Stadium)
Whisper it, we are A-Class. No f*uck that. Shout it from the rooftops, WE ARE A-CLASS!!
In the biggest game the Swallows have faced in years, they did what was necessary and beat the Hanshin Tigers to secure 3rd place in [...]
October 6th, 2009
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 10
Yokohama BayStars 4
Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLWLW
(Yokohama Stadium)
For quite a while, it looked as though Yokohama would frustrate Tokyo for the 14th time this year. But in the end, the Swallows extra class told as they put up eight runs in the 8th inning (ooh, a big inning, [...]
September 21st, 2009
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 6
Streak: Lost 4 Last : WLLLL
(Mazda Stadium)
There are nights when I seriously have to question whether or not watching and writing about baseball is actually fun, or in fact a colossal waste of time, emotion and energy. Tonight (as well as far too many of late) was [...]
August 25th, 2009
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 1
Streak: Won 1 Last : LWLLW
(Mazda Stadium)
What a shitty month it’s been for the Swallows, yet to win a series in August. Frigidly cold in the hottest of months, I’m glad I’ve been out of the country for most of it. One team they haven’t [...]
Pacific League 7
Central League 4
(Mazda Zoom Zoom Stadium)
The All-Pacific team made sure honours were even for the 2009 All-Star games as they came out on top on a rainy evening in Hiroshima.
July 8th, 2009
Chunichi Dragons 6
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 11
Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWLLW
(Jingu Stadium)
While the starting pitching again left something to be desired, the Tokyo bats awoke from their slumber as they knocked in eleven runs off fifteen hits in overturning the Dragons at Jingu.
Yuki Tanaka (4.68) started for Tokyo and came within an out [...]
The Swallows have exercised their third year option on the contract of ace-closer Lim Chang-Yong.
Lim joined the Swallows for the 2008 season on a two-year contract, with the team holding on option for a third year.
After 33 saves in his first season, he is currently boasting a remarkable ERA of 0.00 in his 31 and 2/3 [...]
July 4th, 2009
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6
Hanshin Tigers 3
Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLLW
(Koshien)
Now that was more like it. With Tateyama struggling during last night’s defeat, it was left to Yoshinori to take up the slack and try to end Tokyo’s rotten string of results. After going 8 innings of one run ball last [...]
June 27th, 2009
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6
Yomiuri Giants 1
Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WWWLW
(Tokyo Dome)
After Tokyo’s talisman Shohei Tateyama was knocked around for his first loss in almost a year last night, tonight’s starter Yoshinori really had to come up with the goods to prevent the Giants gaining too much of an advantage at the top [...]
