An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
Now, if you’re reading this expecting some kind of new high-brow niche in adult entertainment from Japan, please accept my apologies and look elsewhere. This here be about baseball. Just as it did last year, the new Swallows Official Goods Catalogue popped through my letterbox this last week, goading me to waste yet more money [...]
Well what should pop through my letter box this last weekend but a copy of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows Official goods Catalogue for this season. In fact, it wasn’t just the one copy, but for some reason they sent me three. Maybe they’ve realised the true extent of my tat-buying tendencies and figure I can [...]
Yakult have announced the signing of the 30 year old Wilson Valdez from South Korean outfit the KIA Tigers. Wilson hails from the Dominican Republic, and has been on the books of both the Seattle Mariners and the L.A. Dodgers in a short and unspectacular stint in the MLB (111 games, .211, 1 HR, 20 RBI). He [...]
