An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
April 28th, 2013 Yomiuri Giants 1 Tokyo Swallows 2 Streak: Won 5 Last 5: WWWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo went into this contest looking for its first sweep of the 2013 campaign, and hoping to seal the deal for the home team was lefty Ryousuke Yagi. And he did remarkably well in his fifth start [...]
Your Tokyo Swallows outscored Yomiuri 7-3 last weekend and took all three games from the team that most (including Dave and I) pegged as the preseason favorite to win the Central League. To go along with our game reports, I did a little fishing around on YouTube and found some news clips that may or [...]
September 11th, 2011 Hanshin Tigers 2 Tokyo Swallows 4 Streak: Won 6 Last 5: WWWWW (Jingu) The Birds continue their success, as the Tigers continue to make costly errors. In the finale of this three game set, both teams were chomping at the bit to get a victory. Both starting pitchers came out looking to [...]
July 7th, 2011 Yomiuri Giants 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Streak: Won 4 Last 5: LWWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Sometime you need to be a little lucky to win games, and tonight was one of those nights. With most of the Giants pitching struggling, Hara opts to start Utsumi on short rest to [...]
