An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
May 17th, 2011 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 0 Streak: Won 4 Last 5: DWWWW (Sapporo Dome) Tonight’s opening games of the 2011 Inter-League campaign saw all of the Pacific League teams hosting their Central League counterparts. For the CL-topping Swallows, that meant a trip to Hokkaido to face off against the [...]
April 19th, 2011 Chunichi Dragons 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LLDWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo made it two wins in a row as they came out on top in fairly comfortable fashion against Chunichi, with Hatakeyama once again being the catalyst behind the Swallows’ upturn in fortunes. Aoki (CF) [...]
September 22nd, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 4 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLWLW (Mazda Zoooom Zooooooooooooom Stadium Hiroshima) With the Swallows playoff hopes now all but extinguished, and 4th place effectively long since in the bag, the goal of improving on 2009′s one game under .500 finish is all that [...]
September 7th, 2010 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: DWLDW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) After a desperately disappointing series in Yokohama at the weekend, Tokyo looked to keep alive their faint hopes of a playoff spot against the 2010 CL’s other doormat outfit. And keep those hopes alive they did, [...]
August 31st, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 12 Yomiuri Giants 8 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWLLW (Kanazawa) After being fairly well beaten in the last two games against the Tigers this weekend, the Swallows took some of the bad taste from their mouths with a win against our other favourite CL brethren. Aoki (CF) Tanaka [...]
August 25th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7 Yokohama BayStars 6 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: WLWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Despite a late wobble, the Swallows continued their journey into positive territory with another win over the Baystars. Tokyo are now just the third team in history to recover from being 19 games or more [...]
August 17th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: WWLLL (Mazda Stadium) Tokyo travelled to Hiroshima looking to get back on the winning trail after losing a tight series in Osaka this last weekend. But on the losing path they would remain after losing another tight game, [...]
August 11th, 2010 Yomiuri Giants 5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7 Streak: Won 8 Last 8: WWWWWWWW (Jingu Stadium) Tokyo displayed their tenacity in spades as they came from behind to win their eighth straight game. This is the first time in seven years the Swallows have put up eight wins on the bounce. Let [...]
July 21st, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Yomiuri Giants 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLLW (Tokyo Dome) The Swallows ended the first half of their season with a win in Tokyo Dome that halted their losing streak at four. At the helm was starter Masanori Ishikawa who despite lasting just five innings, gave [...]
July 14th, 2010 Chunichi Dragons 1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Won 4 Last 5: LWWWW (Nagoya Dome) A quality seven innings from Kyohei Muranaka laid the foundations for what initially looked like would be a straightforward win in Nagoya. Only an almighty wobble from closer Lim in the bottom of the 9th threatened [...]
