An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
April 29th, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 12 Yokohama BayStars 3 Streak: Won 6 Last 5: WWWWW (Yokohama Stadium) The hits just keep on coming! And when I say hits I mean HOME RUNS!! The Birds bats did not get left behind in the first game of this “road trip” to Yokohama. They came out swinging and [...]
April 6th, 2013 Yokohama BayStars 6 Tokyo Swallows 3 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: WWLLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) With a literal storm brewing at Jingu, many didn’t expect the game to go the distance. Unfortunately the game went the distance and the crowd was not emotionally prepared for the final result. The [...]
October 2nd, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 6 Yokohama BayStars 2 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LWLWW (Yokohama Stadium) A decent shift from Nakazawa and Coco Balentien’s 31st homer of the season were the standouts as Tokyo beat Miura and the Baystars in Yokohama. As the Swallows trudge through a week of what are essentially warm up [...]
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 [...]
September 6th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 3 Yokohama BayStars 1 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: WWLWW (Yokohama Stadium) Balentien finally gets going after returning from injury, and Yagi shows that he can at least handle BayStar bats as the Swallows win in a rain-shortened game at Yokohama. The rain came down progressively harder over the night, [...]
August 8th, 2012 Yokohama BayStars 2 Tokyo Swallows 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLLLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) In which Tokyo manages to salvage some pride and at least beat the BayStars. Yokohama started the scoring almost right away by going with the time-honored technique of playing the top of the first like the top [...]
August 7th, 2012 Yokohama BayStars 10 Tokyo Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5:WWLLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo’s fortunes continue to head in a downward direction towards a tatty looking box marked “dog shit” as they lose their fourth straight against the cellar dwelling BayStars. Joy of joys. Ishikawa started and was once again less [...]
July 17th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 2 Yokohama BayStars 6 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: DLWLL (Yokohama Stadium) This has to stop. Daisuke Miura pitched a two run complete game while Tokyo’s pitching staff countered with kindness by throwing a couple of innings of batting practice to the Yokohama bats. Norihiro Nakamura was once more the [...]
July 12th, 2012 Yokohama BayStars 6 Tokyo Swallows 6 Streak: Tied 1 Last 5: LLLWD (Meiji Jingu Stadium) After winning the previous night’s game on a grand slam, the Swallows looked like they overcame an early grand slam by the BayStars before giving the game away in the ninth for a tie. Although ultimately both [...]
July 10th, 2012 Yokohama BayStars 6 Tokyo Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: WWLLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) After their blistering start to the month of July (and indeed pretty much since interleague concluded) Tokyo had a chance to prove this last lacklustre weekend in Hiroshima was a mere anomaly. Unfortunately they could not convince [...]
