Saturday, July 31st, 2010

June 7th, 2010 Chiba Lotte Marines 14 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 1   Last 5: LWLWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) For six innings it looked as though Tokyo’s two month wait for a series win/two game winning streak would soon be coming to an end. That was before the Marines put up an astounding [...]

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June 1st, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 6 Streak: Lost 1   Last 5: DWLWL (Yahoo Dome) With the DH rule in effect, you’d be forgiven for believing that the sacrifice bunt would be a bit scarcer than normal. But then you’d have revealed yourself as being a supporter of a baseball [...]

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May 5th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 0 Yomiuri Giants 12 Streak: Lost 4   Last 5: WLLLL (Tokyo Dome) No comment. Today’s lineup: 1. Fukuchi LF 2. Ueda 3B 3. Aoki CF 4. D’Antona 1B 5. Iihara RF 6. Tanaka 2B 7. Fujimoto SS 8. Aikawa C 9. Barnette P Yomiuri tallied 13 hits in [...]

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March 30th, 2010 Chunichi Dragons 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 3   Last 5: LWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Fresh after winning a series in the Tokyo Dome for the first time since 2004 on opening weekend, there were plenty more reasons for optimism after Tokyo downed Chunichi in tonight’s home opener. Primary amongst [...]

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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.

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September 15th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Yokohama BayStars 6 Streak: Lost 9  Last 5: LLLLL (Yokohama Stadium) The last time the Swallows played the Baystars, the Stars whupped them 13-2. Carrying an eight game losing streak, the beleaguered fourth-place Swallows headed to Yokohama to play a team that has had their number all season [...]

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September 12th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Chunichi Dragons 4 Streak: Lost 7    Last 5: LLLLL (Nagoya Dome) And another series bites the dust.

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September 10th, 2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 5     Last : LLLLL (Jingu Stadium) You couldn’t make this shit up if you tried. The Swallows took a 2-0 lead into the 9th inning off the back of an excellent start from Hiromitsu Takagi. But wouldn’t you just know [...]

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September 9th, 2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 9 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 0 Streak: Lost 4     Last : DLLLL (Jingu Stadium) Two-word game report: shit sandwich.

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September 6th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Yomiuri Giants 4 Streak: Lost 2   Last 5: LWDLL (Tokyo Dome) Well if Friday was a travesty of justice, and yesterday a feeble blowout, then today was simple wastefulness. Tokyo outhit the Giants 8 to 6 and had a few good chances to score more runs but [...]

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