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  JapanBall.com - Yakult Swallows Team Information
Founded in 1950, the Swallows have remained the Central League's most overlooked team for nearly five decades.
Since Yakult games are seldom televised, the only way to see the team is to wait until they play against the Giants (all Yomiuri games are broadcast) or visit their home ballpark, Meiji-Jingu Stadium.
When that happens, a sea of green and blue umbrellas blossom across the right field bleachers as Yakult fans discreetly tell the opposing pitcher it's time he head for the showers.
www.japanball.com /swallows.htm   (275 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Yakult   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Yakult (ヤクルト Yakuruto) is a yogurt-like beverage made by fermenting a mixture of skim milk and sugar with a special strain of the bacteria Lactobacillus casei.
Yakult was invented by Kyoto University pediatrics professor Shirota Minoru in 1930.
Yakult is a fermented milk drink made by fermenting skim milk powder and sugar with the beneficial bacteria Lactobacillus casei Shirota strain.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Yakult   (857 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Yakult Swallows
The Yakult Swallows (ヤクルトスワローズ Yakuruto Suwarozu) are a professional baseball team in Japan's Central League.
Yakult purchased the team in 1970 and restored its original Swallows name in 1974.
Famous players of Yakult Swallows past and present are Masaichi Kaneda, Kazushige Nayashima, Dave Roberts, Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Hiromi Matsuoka, Charlie Manuel, Bob Horner, Tom O'Malley, Terry Bross, Masato Yoshii, Kazuhisa Ishii, Shingo Takatsu, Atsuya Furuta and Takehiro Ikeyama.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Yakult_Swallows   (328 words)

  
 2001 in the Central League
Swallows catcher Atsuya Furuta played on Aug 14 even though he was in pain from an injury.
And due to the Giants lost again 3 to 9, the Swallows was given the "magic" number to countdown to its league victory or 33.
The Swallows meanwhile crushed the Carp 12 to 2.
www.t3.rim.or.jp /~sports/arch/bacl01.html   (4378 words)

  
 The Pipeline: NPB Notes:::Yakult Swallows
Founded: 1950 as the Kokutetsu Swallows, became the Sankei Swallows in 1965, the Sankei Atoms in 1966, the Yakult Atoms in 1970 and, in 1974, the name changed to the Yakult Swallows.
Yakult, the drink, is a "probiotic yogurt-like beverage" that has a citrus taste and is said to be good for the digestive system.
Yakult fans would continue their roller-coaster ride as the Swallows dropped back to 4th in 1996 but, as was the custom, stormed back to post a franchise best 83-52-2 record in 1997 for an 11-game margin of victory in the CL pennant race.
thekclpipeline.blogspot.com /2006/12/npb-notesyakult-swallows.html   (3851 words)

  
 Yakult Swallows - TheBestLinks.com - Baseball, Japan, 2001, 1993, ...
The Yakult Swallows (ヤクルトスワローズ Yakuruto Suwarozu) are a professional baseball team in Japan's Central League.
The Swallows are named after their corporate owners, the Yakult Corporation.
Yakult purchased the team in 1970 and restored its original Swallows name in 1974.
www.thebestlinks.com /Yakult_Swallows.html   (217 words)

  
 Tokyo Yakult Swallows   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kokutetsu Swallows (1950-1965), Sankei Swallows (1965), Sankei Atoms (1966-1968), Atoms (1969), Yakult Atoms (1970-1973), Yakult Swallows (1974-2005)
From 1950 to 1965, the company was owned by the former Japan National Railways (known as "Kokutetsu (国鉄)" in Japanese) and called the Kokutetsu Swallows; the team was then owned by the newspaper Sankei Shimbun from 1965 to 1968 and called the Sankei Atoms.
Then it was renamed the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in 2006.
en.askmore.net /Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows.htm   (206 words)

  
 Yakult Swallows
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 Yakult Honsha Co.,Ltd.
Yakult BL Seichoyaku intestinal regulator - which combines bifidobacteria and lactobacilli - is introduced to the market.
Yakult 80 Ace, Yakult LT, Joie, Mil-Mil, and Mil-Mil E are approved by the Ministry of Health and Welfare for labeling as Foods for Specified Health Uses.
Yakult China Co., Ltd. is established to oversee operations in China.
www.yakult.co.jp /english/htm/index03.html   (1370 words)

  
 YAKULT SWALLOWS   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Yakult Swallows are a professional baseball team in Japan's Central League.
Famous players of Yakult Swallows past and present are Masaichi Kaneda, Dave Roberts, Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Hiromi Matsuoka, Charlie Manuel, Bob Horner, Tom O'Malley, Terry Bross, Masato Yoshii, Kazuhisa Ishii, Shingo Takatsu, Atsuya Furuta and Takehiro Ikeyama.
It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
www.yotor.org /wiki/en/ya/Yakult%20Swallows.htm   (170 words)

  
 SWALLOWS DI YAKULT   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Gli swallows di Yakult sono una squadra di baseball professionale nella lega centrale del Giappone.
Yakult ha comprato la squadra in 1970 ed ha ristabilito il relativo nome originale degli swallows in 1974.
I giocatori famosi degli swallows di Yakult oltre e del presente sono Masaichi Kaneda, Dave Roberts, Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Hiromi Matsuoka, Charlie Manuel, Bob Horner, Tom O'Malley, Terry Bross, Masato Yoshii, Kazuhisa Ishii, Shingo Takatsu, Atsuya Furuta e Takehiro Ikeyama.
www.facteri.com /wiki/it/sw/Swallows%20Di%20Yakult.htm   (208 words)

  
 YSHP Yakult Swallows Fans,
Since the Swallows won their first Japan Series around the time the Egawa affair broke out, Yakult picked up a large number of disillusioned Giants fans.
At one recent Giants vs. Swallows game at Jingu, an attractive young woman and her boyfriend, both Yomiuri fans, sat on the Swallows side of the bleachers.
When they finished leading about a hundred Swallows fans in cheers for Yakult's players, the oendan turned their attention to the last-place Giants.
www.baywell.ne.jp /users/drlatham/baseball/yakult/fans/ysfans.htm   (1121 words)

  
 YakyuShop - - Yakult Swallows
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Rare 1978 replica throwback jersey for the Yakult Swallows.
www.yakyushop.net /products.php?cat=27   (121 words)

  
 Buy me some sushi and Cracker Jack...
The Hanshin fans were on the left field side, and the Yakult fans were on the right-field side, with most of the rowdy flag-waving in the outfield seats.
Yakult countered with a run in the bottom of the first, but had the inning end with a runner thrown out at the plate trying to score from second on a single.
Yakult capped their comeback and sent the fans home in a frenzy when Petagine clubbed his 15th HR of the season with two men on in the 10th to win the game 5-2.
home.houston.rr.com /tylerkuffner/travels/baseball.htm   (914 words)

  
 Books of The Times; Japanese Put a Spin on Baseball - New York Times
Whiting tells the story of the Yakult Swallows, who are owned by a flamboyant entrepreneur who made a fortune with a yogurt health drink called Yakult.
The Swallows were based in Tokyo, also the home of the Yomiuri Giants, Japan's oldest and most popular team.
The author reports that the owner of the Swallows called a team meeting and told his players that he did not expect them to win against the Giants; second place would be ideal.
query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE5D91731F936A25754C0A96F948260   (729 words)

  
 Hirotoshi Ishii - JapaneseBallPlayers
Nikkan: Yakult owner has shown some sign that he may allow Hirotoshi Ishii to be posted this off season.
Yakult owner will not allow Hirotoshi Ishii(LHP) and Iwamura (Infield) to go to US using Posting System.
Swallows closer Ishii is using the same agent kaz Ishii (Mets) and Shingo Takatsu (White Sox - Mets).
www.japaneseballplayers.com /en/player.php?id=hiishii   (305 words)

  
 history february
1953: Kintetsu, Hiroshima and Yakult outfielder Yoshitaka Terada is born.
1949: Yakult and Lotte outfielder Yoichi Inoue is born.
1954: Yomiuri, Taiyo and Yakult infielder Kaoru Hirata is born.
www.japanbaseballdaily.com /historyfebruary.html   (6225 words)

  
 YSHP Japanese Baseball: Swallows Players
Like most typical underdogs, the Swallows are a poor team that can't afford filling a roster with all-star free-agents.
In 1997 Furuta posted the third highest batting average in the league while earning the CL MVP Award, the Japan Series MVP Award and the Shoriki Award for outstanding contribution to Japanese baseball.
When the two-time MVP is injured, the Swallows sink to "second division." Every year he's been healthy since 1992, Yakult has gone to the Japan Series.
www.baywell.ne.jp /users/drlatham/baseball/yakyu/players/swallow.htm   (516 words)

  
 Tokyo Yakult Swallows - BR Bullpen
Originally established as the Kokutetsu Swallows in 1950, the team later became the Sankei Atoms and Yakult Atoms before reclaiming the Swallows moniker in 1973.
After decades of failure, the team was one of the most successful Central League franchises of the 1990s.
Tokyo Yakult Swallows · Yokohama BayStars · Yomiuri Giants
www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Yakult_Swallows   (211 words)

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