5/5/12 – Hiroshima (Home)

Roman benefitted from an overeager Hiroshima offense.

May 5th, 2012 Hiroshima Carp  1 Tokyo Swallows  4 Streak: Won 2  Last 5: WWLWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) After struggling against the Carp’s rookie pitcher Nomura over 2 starts, the Swallows finally got to him and gave Roman the offensive support necessary to get the win. Fukuchi got the start at center, after Ueda’s collision [...]

4/30/12 – Hiroshima (Away)

Tateyama pitched a solid seven innings and finally got some real run support.

April 30th, 2012    Tokyo Swallows 7  Hiroshima Carp 1 Streak: Won 1       Last 5: DWWLW (Mazda Stadium, Hiroshima) Yesterday Tokyo ran headlong into a masterful performance by early rookie-of-the-year candidate, Yusuke Nomura. The 22-year-old drafted out of Meiji University threw his slider wherever he wanted and induced 14 groundouts from the [...]

Tokyo Swallows Snapshot: April 23rd, 2012

HR number four (2nd this weekend).

Something to read while remembering to keep your hands in your pockets. Swallows of the Week Week 3 Last week’s vote saw the strong performances by Hiroyasu Tanaka (2B), Lastings Milledge (LF), Katsuki Akagawa (P), and Kyohei Muranaka (P). 28 people cast their vote this week, and here’s what they decided: Congratulations to Beavis, a [...]

4/21/12 – Yomiuri (Home)

Akagawa pitched a gem tonight.

April 21st, 2012 Yomiuri Giants 0 Tokyo Swallows 2 Streak: Won 2  Last 5: LWLWW (Jingu Stadium) The struggling Giants retooled their lineup, but were no match for a hot Akagawa. A fairly simple and clean win for the Swallows tonight. Akagawa started the game off with 2 strikeouts before allowing a single to Sakamoto. [...]

04/14/12 Hiroshima (“Home”)

Coco feasts on a hanging slider.

April 14th, 2012 Hiroshima Carp  1 Tokyo Swallows  10 Streak: Won 1       Last 5: WWLLW (Matsuyama) The birds’ first game of the year against the fish was a home-away-from-home game in Matsuyama, a fortunate choice of location given the constant rain that cancelled every other game in the Kanto region. Your Tokyo [...]

Tokyo Swallows Snapshot: April 9, 2012

Milledge hit his first round-tripper this week, but it wasn't quite enough to get him onto the weekly MVP ballot.

Homepage Layout A couple of very small changes have occurred on the homepage of this fair website. We moved the Central League standings plugin to the footer area and added a Pacific League widget as well. We also started a Swallows of the Week list down in the footer. The winner of week one voting [...]

04/08/12 Chunichi (Away)

He keeps doing just enough to remain relevant...

April 8th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 3 Chunichi Dragons 1 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LDLWW (Nagoya Dome) Tokyo’s struggles at Nagoya Dome are long-documented on this site, so last night’s 2-1 win over the 2011 Central League Champs on their home turf was a wonderful sigh of relief. But Tokyo’s birds gave you something else [...]

Tokyo Swallows Off-Season Updates: March 23rd, 2012

Blondes have more fun.

Swallows Present As mentioned in our most recent podcast, Balentien could start the year on the top team. Because he’s starting to show some life at the plate, mixed with Roman’s continued stability on the mound, and abetted by Lim’s tender throwing arm, Tokyo’s well-paid closer could start the year on the farm instead. Yet [...]

Tokyo Swallows Off-Season Updates: March 6, 2012

Milledge has been making the most of his plate appearances this pre-season.

Team News No idea whether this is for real or not, but Ogawa has said that he likes having Yuhei around because he can be used in the outfield or as a pitcher (LHP). Yuhei was a top pitching prospect that never panned out for the Swallows. He started working on converting to the outfield [...]

Tsubamegun January 2012 Opinion Poll Results

Miyamoto won the vote for who Tsubamegun want to see playing third.

We posted a poll on the 25th asking you some general questions about the state of affairs with the team. Aoki’s gone, and there are some question marks hanging over the team as spring camp gets under way down in Urasoe, Okinawa. We here at Tsubamegun tend to see these question marks as opportunities, and [...]