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The Swallows have just announced that they have acquired right-handed pitcher Minoru Yamagishi from the Saitama Seibu Lions. In return, the Swallows have sent catcher Tomohito Yoneno to the Lions. Yamagishi was drafted by Seibu in the 4th round of the 2004 draft out of Aoyama Gakuin University. Yamagishi had served as Aoyama’s ace for [...]
June 5th, 2010 Saitama Seibu Lions 6 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LWLWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo put up quite a fight, but in the end didn’t quite have enough to earn their first series win since the beginning of April. Aoki (CF) Tanaka (2B) Guiel (RF) D’Antona (1B) Takeuchi [...]
Posted by David Watkins on Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Filed under 2010 Season · Tagged 2010 Season, ??, ???????????, Aaron Guiel, Japanese Professional Baseball, Masanori Ishikawa, NPB, Saitama Seibu Lions, Tsuyoshi Ueda
June 4th, 2010 Saitama Seibu Lions 6 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 12 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLWLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) After splitting their last two series, Tokyo continued with their improvement under Ogawa as they notched up an extremely impressive victory over the formidable Seibu Lions. The victory was all the more impressive considering [...]
Posted by David Watkins on Friday, June 4, 2010 at 10:29 pm
Filed under 2010 Season · Tagged 2010 Season, ??, ???????????, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Japanese Professional Baseball, Lee Hye-Cheon, Norichika Aoki, Ryouji Aikawa, Saitama Seibu Lions, Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Tony Barnette
May 19th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Saitama Seibu Lions 3 Streak: Lost 6 Last 5: LLLLL (Seibu Dome) The Tokyo Swallows took their one-ring circus to Saitama for game two at Seibu Dome against the Lions. The first inning wasn’t particularly encouraging, from an offensive standpoint anyway, but things got mildly better after [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 10:44 pm
Filed under 2010 Season, Takada Count · Tagged Central League, Chang-yong Lim, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Japanese baseball, Kenichi Matsuoka, Masanori Ishikawa, NPB, Pacific League, Resign now, Saitama Seibu Lions, Shinya Miyamoto, Takada, Tokyo Swallows
May 18th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 0 Saitama Seibu Lions 1 Streak: Lost 5 Last 5: LLLLL (Omiya) This one turned into a pitching duel of sorts. Kishi vs. Tateyama. Kishi has been throwing well of late, but Tateyama has had a couple of stinkers leading up to this appearance. Kishi was very solid, [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Filed under 2010 Season · Tagged Central League, interleague, interleague play, Kenichi Matsuoka, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Pacific League, Saitama Seibu Lions, Shohei Tateyama, Tokyo Swallows
Tomorrow, weather permitting, the 6 Central League teams will play host to the 6 Pacific League teams, kicking off 5 weeks of Interleague play. This post will hopefully give you some information you will find useful.
Posted by Kozo on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 7:12 pm
Filed under 2010 Season, Featured · Tagged 2010 Season, Akinobu Okada, Alex Cabrera, atsuhiro inaba, Brian Sikorski, Chiba Lotte Marines, Chihiro Kaneko, Dermal Brown, Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, greg larocca, Hideaki Wakui, hiroki kokubo, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Hisashi Iwakuma, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, interleague play, Japanese Professional Baseball, Jose Ortiz, Katsuya Nomura, Kazuyuki Hoashi, kensuke tanaka, kim tae-kyun, Mamoru Kishida, Masahiro Tanaka, motohiro shima, Munenori Kawasaki, orix buffaloes, Saitama Seibu Lions, satoshi nagai, T-Okada, tadahito iguchi, takahiro mahara, takashi ogino, Takayuki Kishi, takeshi yamasaki, Takeya Nakamura, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, tomohiro nioka, Toshiya Sugiuchi, tsuyoshi nishioka, yoshihisa naruse, yoshio itoi, Yu Darvish, yusuke takatsu
I’m starting an irregular tradition, although there are better things, even on this site, I could be doing with my time. I’m giving our loyal and friendly readers, which would be you, something to talk about on a day with no game. I’m going to pathetically brag, in the hope that you will one up [...]
Posted by Garrett DeOrio on Monday, April 12, 2010 at 12:50 am
Filed under Tsubamegun · Tagged Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Botchan Stadium, Brother Elephants, California Angels, Chiba Lotte Marines, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, chunichi dragons, Cleveland Indians, CPBL, Florida Marlins, Hanshin Tigers, Hiroshima Carp, Hiroshima Civic Stadium, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, Jingu Stadium, Kleenex Miyagi Stadium, Koshien Stadium, kure, Matsuyama, Mazda Zoom Zoom Stadium Hiroshima, Milwaukee Brewers, MLB, Nagoya Dome, New York Mets, new york yankees, NPB, Oakland A's, Pittsburgh Pirates, Sagamihara, Saitama Seibu Lions, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Sapporo Dome, Seibu Dome, Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan Beer, Tampa Bay Rays, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, Tokyo Dome, Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Toronto Blue Jays, Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, Washington Nationals, Wrigley Field, Yokohama Baystars, Yokohama Stadium, Yomiuri Giants
June 21st, 2009 Saitama Seibu Lions 5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6 Streak: Won 7 Last 5: WWWWW (Jingu Stadium) Tokyo won their season-best seventh straight game, and their third walkoff victory in a row as they wrapped up their interleague schedule against the Lions.
Posted by David Watkins on Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 7:03 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged ??, ???????????, Aaron Guiel, Central League, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Igarashi Ryouta, Jamie D'Antona, Japanese Professional Baseball, Kazuki Fukuchi, Lim Chang-yong, Masanori Ishikawa, NPB, Pro Yakyu, Ryouji Aikawa, Saitama Seibu Lions, Shinichi Takeuchi, Tokyo Yakult Swallows
June 20th, 2009 Saitama Seibu Lions 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 6 Last 5: WWWWW (Jingu Stadium) Tonight was a good-ole’, extra-innings game, and you need to know only two words in order to understand all the fun that it entailed: Jamie D’Antona.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged ??, ???????????, Central League, Chang-yong Lim, Hagiwara, interleague games, Jamie D'Antona, Japanese Professional Baseball, Masao Kida, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Pacific League, Ryota Igarashi, Saitama Seibu Lions, Shinichi Takeuchi, Tokyo Swallows, Tokyo Yakult, Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Yakyuu, Yuuki
June 3rd, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Saitama Seibu Lions 8 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: WLWLL (Seibu Dome) This game blew. I’ve been really considerate over the last month with the TAKADA COUNT that was introduced in April. There were several games when he would have added to his tally, but [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged 2009 Season, ??, ???????????, Central League, Chang-yong Lim, Hideaki Wakui, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Japanese Professional Baseball, Masao Kida, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Pro Yakyu, Saitama Seibu Lions, Takada Count, Tokyo Yakult Swallows
