An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
April 28th, 2013 Yomiuri Giants 1 Tokyo Swallows 2 Streak: Won 5 Last 5: WWWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo went into this contest looking for its first sweep of the 2013 campaign, and hoping to seal the deal for the home team was lefty Ryousuke Yagi. And he did remarkably well in his fifth start [...]
April 27th, 2013 Yomiuri Giants 2 Tokyo Swallows 4 Streak: Won 4 Last 5: LWWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Your Tokyo Swallows won their second series on the trot tonite, and it’s never more satisfying than when said victory comes at the expense of Yomiuri’s patronizing, piggly swagger. And guess who was finally dealt his first [...]
April 14, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 0 Yomiuri Giants 2 Streak: Lost 4 Last 5: WLLLL (Tokyo Dome) The Swallows sent Yagi to the mound to face Utsumi and try to stave off a sweep in the crosstown rivals’ first series of the season. Meanwhile, Yomiuri was looking to keep its perfect home record intact. But [...]
October 1st, 2012 Yomiuri Giants 0 Tokyo Swallows 5 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLWLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo finished out its regular season schedule against crosstown rival, Yomiuri, in some style with a rather uneventful win over the 2012 Central League champs. The win brought Tokyo’s regular season record against the Giants to [...]
September 30th, 2012 Yomiuri Giants – Tokyo Swallows – Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WWLWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Today’s game was canceled this morning due to the imminent arrival of typhoon Jelawat which is likely to strike the Kanto region this evening. Tokyo’s last regular season confrontation with Yomiuri has been rescheduled for tomorrow [...]
September 21st, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 4 Yomiuri Giants 6 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WWWWL (Tokyo Dome) I want to be remain thankful and happy that the birds swept the last two series at a time when they really needed to. But no, it’s hard to be grateful when you drop the game that ensures [...]
September 9th, 2012 Yomiuri Giants 4 Tokyo Swallows 4 Streak: Drew 1 Last 5: WWLLD (Hard Off Eco Stadium, Niigata) The Birds jumped out to an early lead only to squander it two innings later. The first third of this game was a bit of a bore as not much was happening. The top [...]
August 23rd, 2012 Yomiuri Giants 4 Tokyo Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: WLDLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Well, that’s three hours ten minutes of my life that I’ll never get back. I’ll do you the courtesy of wasting as little of your’s as possible by keeping this one short. Tokyo took the lead in the [...]
August 21st, 2012 Yomiuri Giants 6 Tokyo Swallows 6 Streak: Drawn 1 Last 5: LLWLD (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo showed a lot of fight as they battled to a nine inning tie against that other team from across town, and while they couldn’t quite come away with a win, more of the same fight will be needed [...]
August 12th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 6 Yomiuri Giants 1 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WWLLW (Tokyo Dome) The birds weren’t overpowering in this game, but they deserve credit for creating chances and capitalizing on several of them. Lots of RBI singles with runners on second base. I dare say that it was fun to [...]
