An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
May 18th, 2013 Chiba Lotte Marines 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Last 5: LLLWW Streak: Won 2 (Jingu Stadium) The Swallows sweep their two game series against the Marines at Jingu in a bizarre series of plays that should’ve seen the Swallows win comfortably, but ultimately lead to a cardiac-inducing game. If I had told [...]
May 5th, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 7 Hanshin Tigers 5 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLLW (Koshien) Holy crap, this has been a streaky last couple of weeks. And with all the injuries we’re dealing with right now, the fun ain’t gonna stop. After losing four on the trot, Tokyo finally got its act back together. [...]
April 22nd, 2012 Yomiuri Giants 2 Tokyo Swallows 3 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: WLWWW (Jingu Stadium) Sweep! Sweep! Sweep! Sweep! Sweeeeeeeeeeeeep! Roman finally got his first NPB ‘W’ in his fourth start of the year and second this week. Despite the rain, this was another enjoyable game to watch for the Swallows fans in [...]
Something for you to read while fielding offers for a more appropriate gig. Swallows of the Week Week 2 Ishikawa was the week one MVP, but he tanked after that. Hopefully the same fate does not await the winner of the week two polling. 31 people voted this time around, and they had five choices: Shingo [...]
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 [...]
For information purposes, and of course discussion, I have translated the first half of a list ranking the top 40 prospects in NPB as per this rather new site. Note that Tokyo has two prospects in the top 20. 1. Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh (Yokohama – INF) 2. Takahiro Fujioka (Chiba – LHP)* 3. Yuki Kuniyoshi (Yokohama – [...]
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 [...]
April 14th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 6 Streak: Lost 4 Last 5: WLLLL (Mazda Stadium) Nursing a three game losing streak, the Tokyo Swallows looked to reverse their recent slide against a starting pitcher whose ERA heading into this game was above nine. The first step towards righting the ship, [...]
October 6th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 10 Yokohama BayStars 4 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLWLW (Yokohama Stadium) For quite a while, it looked as though Yokohama would frustrate Tokyo for the 14th time this year. But in the end, the Swallows extra class told as they put up eight runs in the 8th [...]
