An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
Former Swallows reliever Ryota Igarashi is in Port St. Lucie with the Mets, where he was interviewed for a piece about him in the New York Daily News yesterday. Among the article’s gems: During his 11-year career with the Yakult Swallows, Igarashi would wear a WWE-style mask and take on the persona of “Swallows Man.” A photo [...]
Yes, dear reader, this has nothing to do with the Tokyo Swallows, or with NPB at all, other than to demonstrate that there are brief moments when even our oft-frustrating club can appear well-managed. What you’re seeing is apparently real – the photo having been picked up around the mainstream sports media in the US. [...]
