An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
It seems like Norichika Aoki has formally requested to be posted to the majors during the upcoming off-season. Several teams are apparently interested. Whether or not the team will actually post him is questionable, especially since he’s not going to earn his international free agency until the 2013 season. That fact alone could indicate that [...]
Just a quick roundup of three recent news tidbits: 1. Rob Smaal, staff writer for the Asahi, recently wrote about the unlikely connection between former Swallows shortstop, Dave Hilton, and one of Japan’s best living authors, Haruki Murakami. Apparently Murakami, a Swallows fan, was at Jingu on Opening Day of the 1978 season, and Hilton’s [...]
October 10th, 2011 Tokyo Swallows 0 Chunichi Dragons 3 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LWLWL (Nagoya Dome) This was the first game of that oh-so-critical four-game away series that we’ve been looking forward to since early last month. And as you can see, it didn’t start well. Chunichi was able to capitalize when they got [...]
