August 7th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7 Yomiuri Giants 10 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: LWLLL (Tokyo Dome) The birds fought back pretty hard, but boy oh boy this was a rough one.
8/5/09 — Yokohama (Away)
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August 5th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Yokohama BayStars 8 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WWLWL (Yokohama Stadium) Ichiba made his first start for the Swallows in quite a while (partly due to some tinkering with this delivery–he’s now throwing from a 3/4 stance), and the result was interesting. I think he set a new [...]
7/30/09 — Hiroshima (Home)
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July 30th, 2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 8 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Streak: Lost 2 Last : WWWLL (Jingu Stadium) OK, here’s the deal: we need to buy a second farm team right now because there’s not enough competition for slots on the rotation, and the guys aren’t getting the game time that they [...]
The State of the Rotation
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With the season now entering it’s second half, let’s have a look at how the Tokyo starting rotation is shaping up for the playoff push.
7/01/09 – Yokohama (Away)
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July 1st, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Yokohama BayStars 9 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: LWLLL (Kofu) This is becoming somewhat of a bad joke. Yakult twice held a lead, but both today’s starter and bullpen were found rather lacking as they let the BayStars get back in the game way too easily, to allow [...]
6/20/09 – Saitama (Home)
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June 20th, 2009 Saitama Seibu Lions 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 6 Last 5: WWWWW (Jingu Stadium) Tonight was a good-ole’, extra-innings game, and you need to know only two words in order to understand all the fun that it entailed: Jamie D’Antona.
6/13/09 – Orix (Away)
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June 13th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Orix Buffaloes 1 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LWLWW (Kyocera Dome) After finally getting a win against one of NPB’s surprise stories of the year, the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, Tokyo made it halfway home before having to stop off in Osaka to finish up their four-game, mid-season [...]
6/03/09 – Saitama (Away)
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5/27/09 – Orix (Home)
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May 27th, 2009 Orix Buffaloes 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLLLW (Jingu Stadium) The Swallows’ North American contingent of D’Antona and Guiel batted in four of the five Tokyo runs as Yakult’s streak of losses was halted at three. Yoshinori took the mound to start for the birds and [...]
