An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
While D’Antona and Guiel have been scapegoated by the team, on-air commentators, and media as the main reason why the birds weren’t winning, I had a creeping suspicion that others in the lineup were equally deserving of criticism. And even though I had no numbers to back up my suspicions, I couldn’t help but notice [...]
Well, it’s been a rough start to the second half of the season, folks. The birds have only won four of their 12 games that they’ve played since the All-Star Break in late July. The Tokyo Swallows are now 7.5 games behind the first place Giants. A lot of things aren’t clicking at the moment: [...]
Jamie D’Antona has been named the Central League’s most valuable position player for the month of July.
Offensive league leaders after games played on May 1, 2009. Home Runs Central League Pacific League Player # Kanemoto (Hanshin) 8 Wada (Chunichi) 8 Ogasawara (Yomiuri) 6 D’Antona (Tokyo) 5 Guiel (Tokyo) 5 Morino (Chunichi) 5 Fujii (Chunichi) 4 Kawashima (Tokyo) 4 Arai (Hanshin) 4 Blanco (Chunichi) 4 Lee (Yomiuri) 4 Player # Rhodes (Orix) [...]
