Eagles vs Giants Postgame: Where Impossible Happens
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KLEENEX STADIUM, SENDAI - The Rakuten Eagles won a surprising victory over the Yomiuri Giants last night, coming back from a 4-0 deficit in the eighth and ninth innings to take the first of this two game set.
Week In Review, Vol.5
A day late and a hundred yen short, but nevertheless here's volume five of the Week In Review. Just like back in the 'real' world, it was sweeps week as the season entered May. Rakuten fell to Softbank, but came back strong to sweep the plummeting Orix Buffaloes. Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach after the break.
Eagles vs Buffaloes Postgame: A New Hope?
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KLEENEX STADIUM, SENDAI - With the offense still on life support and the team reeling from a series sweep at the hands of the Softbank Hawks, the team got a huge boost from a couple of unlikely sources: the defense and the bullpen. Marty Brown went five-deep into his bullpen last night to eek out a 2-1 victory in an 11 inning marathon. Box score, video highlights, and some new found positivity after the break.
Eagles vs Marines Postgame: Rude Welcoming
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KORIYAMA, FUKUSHIMA - The Rakuten Eagles unveiled their alternate uniforms last night, as well as their top pick from the 2009 draft, Kenji Tomura. Unfortunately, the uniforms performed better than Tomura, who was making his debut with the ichi-gun squad. Box score, video, and some thoughts after the break.
Week In Review, Vol.3
Not much sunshine in Sendai this week as the team went 1-5 in their series against the Seibu Lions and the Softbank Hawks. Let's delve into the muck and the mire to see what happened last week and who made The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly lists.
Eagles @ Hawks Postgame: The Way It Is
FUKUOKA, FUKUOKA - Call it a comfort zone, call it a safety net, call it what you will, but the Eagles just plain play better when Hisashi Iwakuma or Masahiro Tanaka are pitching. There are no bullpen worries; they go 9 and even 10 innings by themselves. They just seem to be a calming influence to the team when they take to the mound. Tonight was no exception as Rakuten evened up the 3 game series by a score of 8-3. Box score, video, and my collection of in-game tweets after the break.
Eagles @ Hawks Postgame: Keeping The Streak Alive
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FUKUOKA, FUKUOKA - The Eagles continued their steady slide into the basement of the Pacific League on Friday night, falling 9-1 to the hometown Softbank Hawks. Lefty Hiromichi Fujiwara took the brunt of the assault, but he wasn't helped by an increasingly error-prone Rakuten defense. Boxscore, video, and the eulogy after the break.
Eagles @ Lions Postgame: Swept Away
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TOKOROZAWA, SAITAMA - Rakuten managed to get swept for the second time in just 7 series in this early season, and the hole they're digging themselves is quickly turning into a grave and it's only mid-April. If you can't already guess how they did it, find out how they blew another game after the break.
Eagles @ Lions Postgame: Under Pressure
TOKOROZAWA, SAITAMA - Last night's opener versus the Lions felt like deja vu all over again. Satoshi Nagai (1-2, 3.72) gives up a couple runs early, including a pair of home runs, and then Rakuten throws in yet another young inexperienced reliever who promptly folds like a lawn chair in a hurricane. Box score, highlight video, and a couple more thoughts after the break.
Week In Review, Vol.2
If it's Monday or Tuesday, then it just might be time for the latest installment of the week in review! With the season in full swing and a heavy schedule in April, let's see how the team has fared so far this month.
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