Saturday, July 31st, 2010

June 5th, 2010 Saitama Seibu Lions 6 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Lost 1   Last 5: LWLWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo put up quite a fight, but in the end didn’t quite have enough to earn their first series win since the beginning of April. Aoki (CF) Tanaka (2B) Guiel (RF) D’Antona (1B) Takeuchi [...]

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May 1st, 2010 Yokohama BayStars 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 1   Last 5: LLLLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Bizarre game. Just plain weird. This was one of those games where Takada made a whole bunch of stupid decisions but things kept working in the team’s favor and he ended up looking like he [...]

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This post contains player movements from two separate days. A couple of days ago, Shinya Miyamoto (no. 6), Tokyo’s veteran infielder, was brought back up to the first team after some rehabilitation of his left leg. Miyamoto played an important role in Tuesday’s series-opening win against the Hiroshima Carp, and his return to the team [...]

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February 28th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6 Chunichi Dragons 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: W (Chatan) The NPB pre-season games kicked off today, and not a moment too soon for many of us! Tokyo’s first game of the pre-season schedule, which stretches until March 29th, was against the Chunichi Dragons. As is often the [...]

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