An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
July 28th, 2010 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2 Tokyo Swallows 12 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: LLWWW (Jingu Stadium) Extra base-hits were the order of the day as Tokyo banged out nine of them in their destruction of struggling Hiroshima. Aoki (CF) Tanaka (2B) Ihara (RF) Whitesell (1B) Hatakeyama (LF) Aikawa (C) Miyamoto (3B) Kawabata [...]
August 20th, 2009 Hanshin Tigers 10 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LWLWL (Jingu Stadium) Well, I was wrong about who would be pitching today. I thought, and kind of hoped, that it would be Yuuki. Unfortunately, it was Ichiba. So it is probably necessary for me to think of [...]
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.
