Semi-official injury count for the month of February at the Tokyo Swallows spring camp: 11 players missed all or part of at least one day of practice. In detail, that works out to six pitchers, four catchers, and one infielder. Go, go Swallows!
While the six injured pitchers may set off the loudest alarm for some [...]

It’s that time of year again. Spring camp has begun, and the players are all gearing up for another season of sweeping all before them (well, the Giants players are anyway.) The salary negotiations are done and our heroes in the Tokyo uniforms now know how much they will be earning to follow the instructions [...]

October 18th, 2009

Tokyo Swallows 2

Chunichi Dragons 3

Series: Chunichi 1-1 Tokyo
(Nagoya Dome)
The Dragons leveled the series with a come-from-behind win and made sure that both team’s season will survive at least one more day.

The regular season ended on Monday when Tokyo came from behind to beat Yomiuri, and the Swallows’ resulting 71-72-1 record earned them praise for a modest improvement over last year and the team’s first ever advancement to the Climax Series.
The team’s solid play at the end of 2009 was a refreshing bookend to a season [...]

October 8th, 2009

Hanshin Tigers 0

Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5

Streak: Won 3      Last 5:  WLWWW
(Jingu Stadium)
The birds rode a complete game shutout by starter Tateyama to their third win in a row and reclaimed third place in the Central League in the process.

October 2nd, 2009

Hiroshima Toyo Carp 5
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2
Streak: Lost 3       Last : WWLLL
(Jingu Stadium)
With Hanshin having a day off today, Tokyo had a chance to move level with the Tigers in 3rd place with a win this evening. As it turned out, it was a win that they couldn’t manage, with [...]

The current key series with the ever-lovable (cough) Hanshin Tigers is proving to be a costly one, even if Tokyo do manage to take tonight’s game to win the series.

September 19th, 2009

Yomiuri Giants 6
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3
Streak: Lost 2    Last 5: LWWLL
(Jingu Stadium)
This one was a lot closer than the night before, but ultimately, the result was the same.

September 8th, 2009

Hiroshima Toyo Carp 6
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3
Streak: Lost 3     Last : WDLLL
(Jingu Stadium)
Well it doesn’t rain, it pours. And for the Swallows at the moment it’s raining a consistent shower of piss. Today the Swallows arguably did enough to win the game. No make that should of won the game. But [...]

With the once comfortably 2nd placed Swallows now ten games back of the now 2nd placed Dragons, and fourteen back of the pace-setting Giants, there is now only one thing left to play for this season: the 3rd and final playoff spot.
And by the end of this Sunday afternoon, we’ll have a much better idea [...]