Gen over at Yakyu Baka has put together a phenomenal, stats-laden post that compares the 2009 and 2010 production of Tokyo’s cleanup–Aoki, D’Antona, and Guiel. The results don’t exactly jive with what the team and the media are saying about these guys. Most Japanese baseball aficionados won’t find it surprising that D’Antona and Guiel particularly [...]
Tokyo's offense since the break
August 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Well, it’s been a rough start to the second half of the season, folks. The birds have only won four of their 12 games that they’ve played since the All-Star Break in late July. The Tokyo Swallows are now 7.5 games behind the first place Giants. A lot of things aren’t clicking at the moment: [...]
