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September 1st, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Yomiuri Giants 3 Streak: Drew 1 Last 5: WLLWD (Tomiyama) After finishing out a very respectable August with an 18-8 record, by far the best W-L tally in the Central League, the birds began September with a draw. Lineup: 1. Aoki CF 2. Tanaka 2B 3. Iihara [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 11:32 pm
Filed under 2010 Season · Tagged Central League, Chang-yong Lim, Hye-cheon Lee, Japanese Professional Baseball, Kenichi Matsuoka, Kouki Watanabe, Kousuke Matsui, Masanori Ishikawa, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Ryouji Aikawa, Shinya Miyamoto, Takehiko Oshimoto, Tokyo Swallows, Yomiuri Giants
August 10th, 2010 Yomiuri Giants 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 7 Last 5: WWWWW (Jingu Stadium) The birds put their six-game winning streak on the line against Yomiuri in the latest version of the Tokyo derby. And even though they did a few things wrong, they did just enough things right to [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 11:08 pm
Filed under 2010 Season · Tagged Central League, Central League Climax Series, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Japanese Professional Baseball, Josh Whitesell, Kenichi Matsuoka, Kouki Watanabe, Kyohei Muranaka, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Shinya Miyamoto, Takehiko Oshimoto, Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi, Tokyo Swallows, Yomiuri Giants
July 19th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 8 Yomiuri Giants 14 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: WWLLL (Tokyo Dome) The Swallows dropped another one, and suffered their second big inning in as many days, as cross-town rivals, Yomiuri, returned to winning ways after being beaten in dramatic fashion by Yokohama last night. Tonight’s lineup: 1. [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Monday, July 19, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Filed under 2010 Season · Tagged Aaron Guiel, Central League, Hashimoto, Japanese Professional Baseball, Josh Whitesell, Kouki Watanabe, NPB, Shun Takaichi, Takehiko Oshimoto, Tokyo Swallows, Tony Barnette, Yomiuri Giants
July 18th, 2010 Hanshin Tigers 11 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: WWWLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Yoshinori was his same annoyingly inconsistent self to start things off today. Randy Messenger, on the other hand, looked sharp for Hanshin. He needs to quit that chewing tobacco habit though. Starting lineup: 1. Aoki [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Filed under 2010 Season · Tagged Aaron Guiel, Central League, Hanshin Tigers, Hashimoto, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Japanese Professional Baseball, Josh Whitesell, Kouki Watanabe, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Ryouji Aikawa, Takehiko Oshimoto, Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi, Tokyo Swallows, Yoshinori
July 15th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 9 Chunichi Dragons 4 Streak: Won 5 Last 5: WWWWW (Nagoya Dome) The Swallows managed to put the finishing touches on their third five-game winning streak of the season (all of them in the post-Takada era) while taking full advantage of every opportunity given to them. Tonight’s lineup: [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Filed under 2010 Season · Tagged Central League, chunichi dragons, Japanese baseball, Japanese Professional Baseball, Kenichi Matsuoka, Kousuke Matsui, Masato Nakazawa, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Ryouji Aikawa, Shinya Miyamoto, Takehiko Oshimoto, Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi, Tokyo Swallows, Yasushi Iihara
July 8th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 10 Hanshin Tigers 6 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLLLW (Koshien) With D’Antona on the farm team, and Guiel and Whitesell watching from the bench, the Tokyo Swallows looked to avoid a Koshien sweep at the hands of the Hanshin Tigers with Mikinori Katoh on the mound for the [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Filed under 2010 Season · Tagged Central League, Hanshin Tigers, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Japanese baseball, Kazuhiro Hatakeyama, Mikinori Katoh, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Ryouhei Kawamoto, Takehiko Oshimoto, Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi, Tokyo Swallows
July 4th, 2010 Chunichi Dragons 8 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WWWWL (Akita Komachi Stadium) Don’t let the article image fool you! The Swallows fail to extend their winning streak in a very sloppy game against the Chunichi Dragons. Aoki did manage to collect career hit #1000, but aside from [...]
How We Got There The Swallows came into June fresh off the Takada firing, and were only 4 games into the Ogawa regime. The Birds were looking to build on the 1-2-1 record they had compiled under Ogawa, by exacting revenge on the Pacific League teams that had swept them in May. How We Did [...]
Posted by Kozo on Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Filed under 2010 Season, Featured · Tagged Aaron Guiel, Atsushi Fujimoto, Chang-yong Lim, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Jamie D'Antona, Josh Whitesell, Kazuhiro Hatakeyama, Kenichi Matsuoka, Kouki Watanabe, Kyohei Muranaka, Monthly Roundup, Norichika Aoki, Ryo Kawashima, Ryouhei Kawamoto, Ryouji Aikawa, Shinya Miyamoto, Shohei Tateyama, Shun Takaichi, takahiro Araki, Takehiko Oshimoto, Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi, Tony Barnette, Yasushi Iihara, Yoshinori, Yuji Onizaki
The final results of the fan votes for the 2010 NPB All Start game were released today. Swallows players were not faring well when the first set of results were announced in early June. However, the Swallows’ resurgence has helped put a number of players in respectable positions in the fan vote. Aoki lead all [...]
Posted by Kozo on Monday, June 28, 2010 at 9:37 pm
Filed under 2010 Season · Tagged 2010 all star game, all-star game, Chang-yong Lim, Lim Chang-yong, Masato Nakazawa, Norichika Aoki, Ryouji Aikawa, Shinya Miyamoto, Takehiko Oshimoto
June 27th, 2010 Hanshin Tigers 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 8 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: WLLWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo won a series against a Central League team for the first time since the beginning of April (4/2-4/4 versus Yokohama). Today’s lineup: 1. Aoki CF 2. Tanaka 2B 3. Iihara RF 4. D’Antona 1B [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Filed under 2010 Season · Tagged Central League, Chang-yong Lim, Hanshin Tigers, Jamie D'Antona, Japanese baseball, Josh Whitesell, Kenichi Matsuoka, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Ryouji Aikawa, Takehiko Oshimoto, Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi, Tokyo Swallows, Yoshinori