September 4th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Yokohama BayStars 9 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LWDWL (Yokohama) Doh! Tokyo’s lineup: 1. Aoki CF 2. Tanaka 2B 3. Iihara RF 4. Whitesell 1B 5. Hatakeyama LF 6. Aikawa C 7. Miyamoto 3B 8. Kawabata SS 9. Tateyama P This game fell apart in the sixth. [...]
Tokyo Roster Update — 9/11/09
September 11, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Back on September 8th, infielder Ryousuke Morioka (no. 68) resurfaced on the pro team. He appeared in 25 games and batted .150 during his first stint on the top team earlier this season. He has been impressive on the farm, however, hitting .307 in 43 games. And in this, his second, foray on the top [...]
Left-handed Baseball Players Have Advantage
July 14, 2008 by Leave a Comment
A brief article on the Washington University in Saint Louis website discusses how left-handed pitchers and hitters have a distinct advantage in the game of baseball. This is probably not surprising news to most readers of this site, but the math has been done, and despite roughly 90% of the adult population being right-handed, about [...]
