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It’s that time of year again. Spring camp has begun, and the players are all gearing up for another season of sweeping all before them (well, the Giants players are anyway.) The salary negotiations are done and our heroes in the Tokyo uniforms now know how much they will be earning to follow the instructions [...]
The current key series with the ever-lovable (cough) Hanshin Tigers is proving to be a costly one, even if Tokyo do manage to take tonight’s game to win the series.
Posted by David Watkins on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 10:07 am
Filed under 2009 Season, The Team · Tagged 2009 Season, Central League, chunichi dragons, Hanshin Tigers, Hiroshima Carp, Japanese Professional Baseball, Masanori Ishikawa, NPB, Ryouji Aikawa, Shinya Miyamoto, Shohei Tateyama, Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Yokohama Baystars, Yomiuri Giants, 東京ヤクルトスワローズ, 野球
September 25th, 2009
Yokohama BayStars 2
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5
Streak: Won 3 Last 5: LLWWW
(Jingu Stadium)
For the third time in as many games a Tokyo starter lasted all nine innings, and the birds were able to continue their mini-revival (third win in a row) versus the 6th-place BayStars.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged Aaron Guiel, Central League, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Japanese Professional Baseball, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Pro Yakyu, Ryouji Aikawa, Shouhei Tateyama, Tateyama, Tokyo Swallows, Yokohama Baystars, 東京ヤクルトスワローズ, 野球
September 23rd, 2009
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 1
Streak: Won 2 Last : LLLWW
(Mazda Stadium)
The day after Takagi threw a complete game shutout, Yuki went the distance himself as Tokyo won only their second series in the last month and a half. The same two pitchers were at the helm for the series [...]
Posted by David Watkins on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged 2009 Season, Aaron Guiel, Hiroshima Carp, Japanese Professional Baseball, NPB, Pro Yakyu, Ryouji Aikawa, Shinichi Takeuchi, Shinya Miyamoto, Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Yuji Onizaki, Yuki Tanaka, 東京ヤクルトスワローズ, 野球
September 6th, 2009
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2
Yomiuri Giants 4
Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: LWDLL
(Tokyo Dome)
Well if Friday was a travesty of justice, and yesterday a feeble blowout, then today was simple wastefulness. Tokyo outhit the Giants 8 to 6 and had a few good chances to score more runs but as has been their problem [...]
Posted by David Watkins on Sunday, September 6, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged 2009 Season, Aoki Norichika, Central League, FUCK YOMIURI, Hiromitsu Takagi, Japanese Professional Baseball, Keizo Kawashima, Lee Hye-Cheon, Masahiro Yoshikawa, NPB, Ryouji Aikawa, Shinya Miyamoto, Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Yomiuri Giants, Yoshinori, 東京ヤクルトスワローズ, 野球
September 3rd, 2009
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4
Hanshin Tigers 2
Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLLW
(Koshien)
Tokyo finally broke it’s losing streak on the back of a solid, complete-game 134-pitch performance by Ishikawa.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged Aaron Guiel, Central League, Hanshin Tigers, Japanese Professional Baseball, Keizo Kawashima, Masanori Ishikawa, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Ryouji Aikawa, Shinya Miyamoto, Tokyo Swallows, 東京ヤクルトスワローズ, 野球
August 25th, 2009
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 1
Streak: Won 1 Last : LWLLW
(Mazda Stadium)
What a shitty month it’s been for the Swallows, yet to win a series in August. Frigidly cold in the hottest of months, I’m glad I’ve been out of the country for most of it. One team they haven’t [...]
Posted by David Watkins on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged 2009 Season, Aaron Guiel, Central League, Hiroshima Carp, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Japanese Professional Baseball, Kenichi Matsuoka, Lim Chang-yong, Norichika Aoki, Ryouji Aikawa, Shinya Miyamoto, Shohei Tateyama, Takada is a doink, Tokyo Yakult Swallows, 東京ヤクルトスワローズ
August 18th, 2009
Hanshin Tigers 4
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1
Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLLWL
(Jingu Stadium)
Let it never be said that chances weren’t created in this game. Tokyo put plenty of runners on base, but they were phenomenally unsuccessful at getting them to cross home plate. Such is the overriding theme of this game [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 11:31 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged Central League, Hagiwara, Hanshin Tigers, Hye-cheon Lee, Japanese Professional Baseball, Keizo Kawashima, Masanori Ishikawa, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Ryouji Aikawa, Takehiko Oshimoto, Tokyo Swallows, 東京ヤクルトスワローズ, 野球
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: the starting [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Monday, August 10, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, The Team · Tagged Aaron Guiel, batting average, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Jamie D'Antona, Kazuki Fukuchi, Keizo Kawashima, Norichika Aoki, NPB, OBP, Offense, on-base percentage, Ryouji Aikawa, Shinya Miyamoto, slump, Tokyo Swallows, 東京ヤクルトスワローズ, 野球
August 4th, 2009
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5
Yokohama BayStars 4
Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWWLW
(Yokohama Stadium)
After losing a close, extra-innings game against the Dragons on Sunday, the birds headed south a few miles to take on the cellar-dwelling Yokohama. The Swallows hoped to replicate last season’s second-half resurgence against the pesky Baystars, a team that Tokyo has [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged Aaron Guiel, Central League, Chang-yong Lim, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Jamie D'Antona, Japanese Professional Baseball, Kazuki Fukuchi, Kenichi Matsuoka, Masanori Ishikawa, NPB, Ryota Igarashi, Ryouji Aikawa, Shinya Miyamoto, Tokyo Swallows, Yokohama Baystars, 東京ヤクルトスワローズ, 横浜, 野球