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 [...]
9/2/09 — Hanshin (Away)
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September 2nd, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Hanshin Tigers 9 Streak: Lost 6 Last 5: LLLLL (Koshien) Luckily for the surging Tigers, Takada plugged Masubuchi into the lineup for his first start of the year. One could probably argue that this was not the wisest time to do such a thing, but we’ll get [...]
Huge Week Ahead
September 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Tokyo Roster Update — 8/29/09
August 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Outfielder Yuichi Matsumoto (no. 31), the 29-year-old veteran who originally hails from Brazil, was recalled to the first team after being dropped a little over three weeks ago. Prior to being dropped he hit .233 in 33 appearances for the top club. On the farm this season, Yuichi has hit .333 in 17 games with [...]
8/26/09 – Hiroshima (Away)
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August 26th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 11 Streak: Lost 1 Last : WLLWL (Mazda Stadium) After a brief respite yesterday with a solid Tateyama start and timely hitting earning a comfortable enough win for the Swallows, normal August service was resumed this evening as Tokyo stunk up Hiroshima’s shiny [...]
8/25/09 – Hiroshima (Away)
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August 25th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 1 Streak: Won 1 Last : LWLLW (Mazda Stadium) What a shitty month it’s been for the Swallows, yet to win a series in August. Frigidly cold in the hottest of months, I’m glad I’ve been out of the country for most of [...]
