An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
May 1st, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 7 Yokohama BayStars 0 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: WWLWW (Yokohama Stadium) The last time the birds played the stars, they lost two on the trot. That ugly set of events transpired April 10th, 11th, and 12th, and it was the first time this season that any club dropped two [...]
April 14th, 2012 Hiroshima Carp 1 Tokyo Swallows 10 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WWLLW (Matsuyama) The birds’ first game of the year against the fish was a home-away-from-home game in Matsuyama, a fortunate choice of location given the constant rain that cancelled every other game in the Kanto region. Your Tokyo [...]
April 6th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 0 Chunichi Dragons 1 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: WLDLL (Nagoya Dome) Tonight was the regular season debut for Roman. After a tough opening inning, he settled down and pitched six strong innings. The Swallows opened the game by going down in order. In the home half of the first, [...]
Tokyo Swallows Wladimir Balentien is having some right elbow issues and hasn’t been able to practice at 100%. It seems like Ogawa is starting to get a little impatient (link in Japanese). Balentien didn’t play in Tokyo’s pre-season game against Hanshin on Saturday. Tokyo beat Hokkaido 3-0 in a practice game on Thursday February 23rd. [...]
We posted a poll on the 25th asking you some general questions about the state of affairs with the team. Aoki’s gone, and there are some question marks hanging over the team as spring camp gets under way down in Urasoe, Okinawa. We here at Tsubamegun tend to see these question marks as opportunities, and [...]
Before spending a good deal of time on the top team toward the end of the 2011 season, Tsuyoshi Ueda had himself a very strong season on the farm team. Number 50, who turned 23 in October and grew up in Okayama Prefecture, stole 55 bases this year to easily win the Eastern League crown. [...]
Welcome to the Monday Review, in which we’ll look back at the week that was and look ahead to the week that will be. We hope a recurring weekly review column will help readers identify some trends that can’t be covered in a single game report. We’re still trying to work out the format, so [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
