An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
September 14th, 2012 Yokohama BayStars 2 Tokyo Swallows 6 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: DWWLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) For the first night of the series, the Birds have broken the spell that the DeNA Merlins had on them. Let’s hope that this continues as we need to work some hocus-pocus on the rest of the [...]
July 28th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 4 Chunichi Dragons 4 Streak: Drew 1 Last 5: LDLWD (Nagoya Dome) After scoring 21 runs over the last two nights, the Birds eased off the throttle in today’s day game. Although they only scored 4 runs, Hatakeyama does the business to save the Swallows in Nagoya. Today was a bit of a [...]
June 16th, 2012 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLWWL (Sapporo Dome) The last time I wrote about these two teams playing, the Swallows had finally ended their 10-game losing streak. The Birds were heading into this game on a two-game win streak and winning five [...]
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) [...]
