An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
October 7th, 2012 Hiroshima Carp 1 Tokyo Swallows 0 Streak: Lost 2. Last 5: LWWLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) The Tokyo Swallows finished the 2012 regular season with a rather anticlimactic and dissatisfying loss to the fourth place Carp. And while it certainly can be argued that it was a meaningless game due to the fact [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
May 24th, 2012 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Chiba Lotte Marines 6 Streak: Lost 5 Last 5: LLLLL (QVC Marine Field) That’s right folks, that’s 5 L’s filling up the ‘Last 5′ field. Another night, another loss, I’m starting to feel like a BayStars fan. The Swallows shake up the line up hard by sending [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
August 24th, 2011 Chunichi Dragons 6 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6 Streak: Tied 1 Last 5: LLWWD (Jingu Stadium) Our guys like to keep ‘em close. Tonight was one to convert the infidels: Scoring right off the bat and a close game all the way to accompany the half-price beer. It’s also, as Tsubamegun regulars [...]
August 17th, 2011 Yokohama BayStars 10 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 10 Streak: Tied 1 Last 5: LWLWT (Jingu Stadium) Tokyo is certainly in the entertainment business. I was prepared to ponder Kawabata’s batting third and to make up for my discounting of Shichijo’s previous outing, which was solid. Instead, I find myself thinking more of [...]
August 10th, 2011 Tokyo Swallows 6 Hiroshima Carp 1 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLLW (Mazda Stadium) Finally, the Swallows manage to snap their longest losing streak of the season. I’d almost forgotten the word, but Mr. Watkins assures me this is what the English call a “win”. Neither side pitched a particularly impressive game, [...]
July 27th, 2011 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LDWLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo took game two of the series this evening in a well-pitched match-up. Us: Aoki (CF) Tanaka (2B) Whitesell (1B) Hatakeyama (LF) Balentien (RF) Miyamoto (3B) Kawabata (SS) Aikawa (C) Shichijo (P) Them: [...]
