September 21st, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 6 Streak: Lost 4 Last : WLLLL (Mazda Stadium) There are nights when I seriously have to question whether or not watching and writing about baseball is actually fun, or in fact a colossal waste of time, emotion and energy. Tonight (as well as far [...]
5/28/09 – Orix (Home)
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May 28th, 2009 Orix Buffaloes 0 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LLLWW (Jingu Stadium) Seven battling innings from Shohei Tateyama combined with some timely hitting carried Tokyo to victory in rainswept conditions on Thurday evening. It rained continuously throughout the game, with conditions becoming more and more difficult as the [...]
Show me the Money!! 2009 Edition
March 4, 2009 By 4 Comments
With the pre-season schedule now underway, I thought we’d take a look at the results of this year’s salary negotiations and see who’s getting paid what in Tokyo this year (note: all salary figures are given in multiples of a million yen, eg ?40M = ?40,000,000): The Big Boys Norichika Aoki – The [...]
10/12/08 – Yokohama (Home)
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October 12th, 2008 Yokohama BayStars 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WWLLW (Jingu Stadium) The special thing about tonight was that several of our veterans were being treated to their sayonara game. Manaka (OF), Ono (C), Kawabata (P) and Watarai (IF) are all former Tokyo players as of next year.
10/10/08 – Yomiuri (Home)
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10/3/08 – Hanshin (Home)
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9/12/08 – Yomiuri (Away)
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The Tokyo Yakult Swallows Bullpen
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“A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings” (former MLB pitcher, Earl Wilson). That’s for damn sure. And the heart attack-inducing portion of the roster has tended to be the bullpen over the past five years. I have always been “interested” to see if our relievers could hold on to the [...]
