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BASEBALL
Feb 12, 2014
Balentien to face unlawful entry charge
Wladimur Balentien, who was arrested on charges of domestic violence and false imprisonment in January, will be prosecuted on lesser charges, Tokyo Yakult Swallows president Tsuyoshi Kinugasa revealed Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jan 30, 2014
Apologetic Balentien faces long road back
Wladimir Balentien has apologized twice now — once in the United States and, on Wednesday, back on Japanese soil — with much of his time spent atoning to the Tokyo Yakult Swallows fans and the organization.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 28, 2014
Swallows slugger Balentien returns to Japan
Wladimir Balentien, who was arrested in Florida this month on charges of domestic violence, arrived in Japan on Tuesday in time for the start of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows' spring training.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 25, 2014
Balentien allowed to travel to Japan
Tokyo Yakult Swallows slugger Wladimir Balentien, freed on bail following his Jan. 13 arrest in Miami on domestic violence charges, will join the team from the first day of spring camp on Feb. 1, club president Tsuyoshi Kinugasa said Saturday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 16, 2014
Swallows' Balentien released on bail
Tokyo Yakult Swallows slugger Wladimir Balentien, who last year broke the Japanese home runs record, was released on bail on Wednesday following his arrest on charges of domestic violence.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 4, 2014
Swallows' Ogawa begins preparations for season
Tokyo Yakult Swallows hurler Yasuhiro "Ryan" Ogawa, the Central League's 2013 Rookie of the Year, kick-started training for the upcoming season with some sprints and a game of catch on Saturday.
BASEBALL
Dec 25, 2013
Swallows acquire lefty pitcher Narveson
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows announced Wednesday that they have signed 32-year-old pitcher Chris Narveson.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Nov 30, 2013
For once, MVP voters got things right
One thing that's always surprising when NPB voters get both the Pacific and Central League MVP winners right.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 4, 2013
Balentien blasts 60th home run in defeat
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows held a farewell game for outgoing star Shinya Miyamoto on Friday, with Wladimir Balentien providing the fireworks with his 60th home run.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 2, 2013
Matsuoka tosses shutout against Giants
Ninth-year right-hander Kenichi Matsuoka threw his first-career shutout, Tetsuto Yamada homered and the last-place Tokyo Yakult Swallows blanked the Central League-winning Yomiuri Giants 1-0 on Wednesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 15, 2013
Balentien sets new Japan single-season home run record
As soon as Wladimir Balentien's bat made contact with Daiki Enokida's fastball there was no doubt: Japan had just crowned a new home run king.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 14, 2013
Swallows snap losing streak in wild encounter with Tigers
A prized rookie pitcher went head-to-head with a slugger on a historical pace before a fight broke out and before and a player dove across home plate to successfully execute a suicide squeeze.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 13, 2013
Balentien still waiting as Tigers beat Swallows
Wladimir Balentien said getting to 55 was "the hard part" in his quest to set a new single-season home run record.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 12, 2013
Carp double up Swallows; Balentien remains at 55 homers
There were plenty of balls flying out of Jingu Stadium on Thursday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 11, 2013
Balentien ties single-season home run record
Before facing the Hiroshima Carp, Wladimir Balentien and teammate Ryoji Aikawa decided they were going to go with a high-sock look, or as Balentien put it, "old-school, Sadaharu Oh-style."
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 11, 2013
Balentien ties single-season home run record
Wladimir Balentien turned Japanese baseball's record-setting trio into a quartet.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 10, 2013
Balentien belts 54th home run in loss to Carp
Wladimir Balentien moved one step closer to history, and the Hiroshima Carp remained on track for a long-awaited trip to the postseason.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 5, 2013
Swallows first baseman Hatakeyama sidelined with torn oblique muscle
The injury-plagued Tokyo Yakult Swallows suffered another blow on Thursday, when first baseman Kazuhiro Hatakeyama was diagnosed with an injury that may cause him to miss the rest of the regular season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 31, 2013
Balentien maintains poise, perspective as he chases single-season HR record
Wladimir Balentien flips on the television and takes in a rare moment of relaxation. Instead of his Tokyo Yakult Swallows uniform, which will be worn later, he's clad simply in a red T-shirt commemorating his back-to-back home run titles and yellow shorts from a past NPB All-Star Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 30, 2013
Balentien belts 52nd home run, moves closer to single-season record
Wladimir Balentien took another step toward the single-season home run record, while the Tokyo Yakult Swallows dealt a blow to their opponents' Climax Series hopes.

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