An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
October 31th, 2011 Yomiuri Giants 1 Tokyo Swallows 3 Series: Swallows Win 2-1 (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Based on the comments received in yesterday’s game report, you don’t need to read this report to find out that the Swallows won game 3 of their series against the hated Giants. The raw details of what happened and [...]
May 31st, 2011 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Chiba Lotte Marines 1 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWLLW (QVC Marine Field) After their inept drubbing at the hands of Seibu on Sunday, the Swallows headed back to the scene of their lowest ebb under the previous manager to try and get the wheels back on [...]
May 28th, 2011 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Saitama Seibu Lions 3 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LDLWL (Seibu Dome) After the brief respite that was the win against Orix on Thursday, normal Swallows Inter-League service was resumed as they lost to the Lions at the Seibu Dome. Us: Ishikawa (P) Aoki (CF) Fukuchi (LF) [...]
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 [...]
Welcome to the Monday Review, in which we’ll look back at the week that was and look ahead to the week that will be. We hope a recurring weekly review column will help readers identify some trends that can’t be covered in a single game report. We’re still trying to work out the format, so [...]
April 25th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Yokohama BayStars 5 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: DLWLL (Yokohama Stadium) Another week ends, and another two series losses are in the books as Tokyo fall in Yokohama. They have now not won a series since the opening series of April, also against the BayStars. Tanaka (2B) Morioka [...]
April 24th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Yokohama BayStars 3 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LDLWL (Yokohama Stadium) Yoshinori put in a battling shift for the Swallows, but in the end Tokyo fell at the hands of the man that has grown accustomed to having his way with them in recent times, Daisuke Miura. Tanaka (2B) [...]
April 23rd, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Yokohama BayStars 0 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLDLW (Yokohama Stadium) Rookie Masato Nakazawa pitched a complete game shutout of the BayStars in only his third pro start as Tokyo got back to winning ways in a rainy Yokohama. The 25 year old went the distance on [...]
Back on September 8th, infielder Ryousuke Morioka (no. 68) resurfaced on the pro team. He appeared in 25 games and batted .150 during his first stint on the top team earlier this season. He has been impressive on the farm, however, hitting .307 in 43 games. And in this, his second, foray on the top [...]
September 8th, 2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 6 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Streak: Lost 3 Last : WDLLL (Jingu Stadium) Well it doesn’t rain, it pours. And for the Swallows at the moment it’s raining a consistent shower of piss. Today the Swallows arguably did enough to win the game. No make that should [...]
