An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
June 5th, 2012 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 0 Orix Buffaloes 5 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LWWWL (Kyocera Dome) Chances were created/wasted in equal measure and runs were gifted as the Swallows mini-revival came to an end in Osaka. Both teams wasted chances early on. In the top of the 1st, back-to-back two-out singles from Kawabata and [...]
The interleague segment of the season has begun, and David and Christopher got back in front of the mics to talk about the first month-and-a-bit of the Swallows 2012 campaign. Key Points: How correct were our predictions from TS Podcast number seven? What grade would you give Tokyo’s performance thus far? General baseball-related stupidity Hand [...]
May 20th, 2012 Orix Buffaloes 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: LWLLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) The run production woes continue. What do you need to know? After Wednesday’s blowout victory over 2011 Japan Series champion Fukuoka, the birds are a bit constipated run-wise. Not fun. Tokyo got off on the wrong [...]
It’s that time of year again! When Central League teams face off against their Pacific League counterparts. Things will get started for the Swallows on Wednesday evening at Jingu when they face off against the defending Nippon Series Champion Hawks. The Interleague format hasn’t changed over the last couple of years, and if anyone needs [...]
June 8th, 2011 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 0 Orix Buffaloes 7 Streak: L1 Last 5: LWWWL (Kyocera Dome) What? We lost, OK? Want to keep reading, make us feel bad? Tokyo: 1. Aoki (CF) 2. Tanaka (2B) 3. Whitesell (DH) 4. Hatakeyama (1B) 5. Balentien (RF) 6. Yuichi (LF) 7. Miyamoto (3B) 8. Fujimoto (SS) 9. [...]
May 26th, 2011 Orix Buffaloes 1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLDLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) That’s right folks! That’s not a typo. The Swallows managed to score more points than their opponent. For those of you who don’t remember what that’s called, that’s called a win. Today’s lineup featured a [...]
May 25th, 2011 Orix Buffaloes 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Streak: L1 (6-game winless streak) Last 5: LLLDL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) After a week on the skids and their lead in the CL dropping to a precarious half game ahead of Hiroshima, the Swallows took the field against the PL’s last-place perennial doormats, Orix, hoping [...]
May 30th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Orix Buffaloes 3 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLDWL (Skymark Stadium) Tokyo ended a 10-game winless skid last night when the bats finally came alive and Ishikawa got his long-awaited first win of the season. But today saw the team revert back to regularly scheduled programming. This [...]
May 29th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 11 Orix Buffaloes 4 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLLW (Kyocera Dome) This was a very good evening for Tokyo indeed. They won their first game of the post-Takada era as their bats exploded into life to end their rotten losing streak. Plus Masanori Ishikawa finally got his [...]
May 13th, 2010 Orix Buffaloes 9 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: LLWLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Given the paucity of runs generated by the Swallows offence of late, the main way for the birds to stand a chance of winning games is for their pitching to be watertight. Tonight was not [...]
