An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
June 16th, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 8 Orix Buffaloes 10 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLLWL (Kyocera Dome) And finally, brutally, the interleague portion of the season comes to an inglorious end. Until we meet again, Pa-League. As you can plainly and painfully see, a big sixth inning from the hometown Buffaloes was all it took [...]
May 26th, 2013 Fukuoka Hawks 4 Tokyo Swallows 0 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLDWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) This game sucked pretty hard, so we spent several innings perfecting our Twerk. I don’t know if my lower back will ever forgive me. But some baseball was also played, so I guess I should [...]
April 10th, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 4 Chunichi Dragons 2 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLWLW (Nagoya Dome) Tokyo’s two-man, high-kicking Chorus Line of Yasuhiro Ogawa and Kazuhiro Hatakeyama ruled the day as the Swallows managed to avoid a second consecutive dropped series. Chunichi’s Hector Luna was the only other player to have a [...]
March 31st, 2013 Hanshin Tigers 0 Tokyo Swallows 2 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LWW (Jingu Stadium) Your Tokyo Swallows rode another strong pitching performance to a shutout win at Hanshin’s expense. And with Hanshin’s Fujinami putting together a strong performance in his first pro start, there was little room for error given the [...]
Welcome to the start of the 2013 Tokyo Swallows season! Spring Camp is already well under way, and Dave and Christopher invite a special guest onto the show to talk about the following Swallows-related news (in no particular order): Hatakeyama’s facial hair Iwamura’s return to the nest New uniforms! Last year’s battle with Chunichi in [...]
October 14th, 2011 Tokyo Swallows 1 Chunichi Dragons 0 Series: Chunichi 1-1 Tokyo (Nagoya Dome) Six innings of shutout pitching by Tateyama, another Balentien longball, plus two innings of perfect relief from Tony led to a crucial victory in a win-or-go-home game down in Nagoya. And with the two teams combining for a total of [...]
October 4th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 4 Hiroshima Carp 0 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWWLW (Mazda Stadium) With the season winding down, the Carp and Swallows met for their final Mazda Stadium game of the 2012 season. With their post-season fate already sealed the Swallows came in to the game looking to extend personal [...]
September 28th, 2012 Hanshin Tigers 3 Tokyo Swallows 6 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWWLW (Jingu Stadium) Before getting into the wonderful details of this delightful come-from-behind win over the hapless Tigers, I’d like to take a moment to thoroughly castigate those in the crowd that applauded Kanemoto’s pinch-hit appearance in the ninth inning. [...]
September 25th, 2012 Hanshin Tigers 0 Tokyo Swallows 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLWLW (Jingu Stadium) Eight innings of three-hit shutout Tateyama baseball, some timely hitting, and a wee bit of help from an inept Hanshin outfit opened the playoff door yet wider for the in-form Swallows. Tateyama was coming into the game [...]
September 16th, 2012 Yokohama BayStars 1 Tokyo Swallows 2 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: WLWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) With Hiroshima losing to the Dragons earlier this afternoon, the Swallows looked to extend their advantage in the race for the third and final CL playoff spot to a full three games. And that [...]
