June 23rd, 2010 Yomiuri Giants 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 1   Last 5: LLWLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo fell behind early but battled back to take a slender lead, with the bullpen putting in a lights-out shift to bring home the much needed victory. Aoki (CF) Fukuchi (LF) Tanaka (2B) D’Antona (1B) [...]

Yakyu Baka (via Sanspo) is reporting that the Swallows have signed left-handed first baseman Josh Whitesell to a contract. The contract, which reportedly will run to the end of the season, is said to be worth 30M yen (approx. 327,000 USD). The Sanspo article reports that Whitesell will arrive in Japan on the 9th. No [...]

The Birds kicked off Interleague play with a disastrous 0-4 homestand. Starting tomorrow, the team takes their show on the road with two games each against the Seibu Lions and the Lotte Marines. That means for the first time this season, the Swallows will be able to feature a lineup with a designated hitter. The [...]

May 2nd, 2010 Yokohama Baystars 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 1   Last 5: LLLWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Quick quiz: can you actually remember the last time that the birds won a series? Neither can we. Starting for the BayStars was Tomokazu Ohka. Yikes. Tonite’s lineup: 1. Fukuchi LF 2. Miyamoto 3B 3. Aoki [...]

April 30th, 2010 Yokohama BayStars 7 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6 Streak: Lost 5   Last 5: LLLLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) OK. Right. That sucked. Hard. Tokyo went up five-nil in the first, but they couldn’t notch a ‘W’ today. Holy crap. The lineup: 1. Tanaka 2B 2. Miyamoto 3B 3. Aoki CF 4. Guiel RF [...]

September 23rd, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 1 Streak: Won 2      Last : LLLWW (Mazda Stadium) The day after Takagi threw a complete game shutout, Yuki went the distance himself as Tokyo won only their second series in the last  month and a half. The same two pitchers were at [...]

August 16th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Chunichi Dragons 1 Streak: Won 1    Last 5: LLLLW (Nagoya Dome) Takada is largely avoiding the bunt these days, but that’s partly because the team hasn’t been hitting and giving him many chances. Ironically, now that there’s a green light to swing, two of our best hitters [...]

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.

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.

June 17th, 2009 Chiba Lotte Marines 1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 10 Streak:  Won 4   Last 5: LWWWW (Jingu Stadium) The two-run homer was the Swallows’ weapon of choice, with Aoki, D’Antona, Aikawa and Takeuchi all going deep as Tokyo rolled over the Marines at Jingu. Yoshinori made his second start since rejoining the top [...]