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YAKULT SWALLOWS

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB Preview
Jun 19, 2020
Tigers could be ready to roar in 2020
The Hanshin Tigers are hoping the additions they made can help them capture the CL pennant this season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 29, 2020
Giants and Swallows compete without familiar sights and sounds at ballpark
The return of pro baseball to Tokyo Dome on Saturday night was greeted by a jarring silence.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Feb 11, 2020
Batterymates Katsuya Nomura, Joe Stanka shared special bond decades after playing for Hawks
The ball that brought an end to the 1964 Japan Series between the Nankai Hawks and Hanshin Tigers landed, as so many others had over those seven games, in Hawks catcher Katsuya Nomura's mitt.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Sep 2, 2019
Swallows slugger Wladimir Balentien looks back on long career in Japan
Wladimir Balentien still remembers all the running.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 29, 2019
BayStars' Takayuki Kajitani atones for fielding miscue with clutch hit against Swallows
Takayuki Kajitani got caught sleeping at the wheel in the outfield during the sixth inning.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 9, 2019
Giants' Yoshiyuki Kamei delivers sayonara sacrifice fly in 10th to down Swallows
The Yomiuri Giants got knocked down.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 12, 2019
Swallows reliever Scott McGough thrilled to be late addition to CL All-Star team
Scott McGough was planning to use his time off during the All-Star break to head down to Enoshima, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was going to walk around and see the sights and then maybe relax on a beach somewhere.

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