Japan Baseball Weekly

Vol. 7.29, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Edwin Escobar of the BayStars, chat about Yokohama, take a look at the playoff races in both leagues, venture into MVP-candidate land, hit some notes and handle #HighHeat.

Vol. 7.28, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Jason Rogers of Hanshin, chat about the Tigers, examine the new skippers – in Tokorozawa and Nagoya – touch on legendary Shinnosuke Abe’s 2,000th hit, plus add a little after-music bonus coverage, so please listen to the end.

Vol. 7.27, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Dennis Sarfate of SoftBank, chat about the Hawks, take a glimpse at the top Sawamura Award candidates, touch on legendary reliever Hitoki Iwase’s record for appearances, try to guess the top players for July and handle some HighHeat.

Vol. 7.26, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Scott Mathieson of the Giants, discuss Yomiuri, focus on the teams that are cold, and handle some HighHeat.

Vol. 7.25, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Coco Balentien of the Swallows, discuss Yakult's issues, the changes on the Giants bench with a shuffle in the power structure & the Shun Yamaguchi problem before taking on some HighHeat.

Vol. 7.24, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss interviews with Alex Ramirez of DeNA, Brandon Laird of Nippon Ham and Casey McGehee of Yomiuri, John rants about fandom, followed by a talk about an increase in home runs, unsung heroes, Shohei Otani and HighHeat.

Vol. 7.23, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Rafael Dolis of the Tigers, talk about the Hanshin, the surprising offensive leaders in the CL and PL, Dennis Sarfate’s milestone and handle some HighHeat.

Vol. 7.22, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss interviews with Chris Marrero and Stefen Romero of the Buffaloes, talk about the state of the pennant races in the CL and PL and handle some HighHeat.

Vol. 7.21, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Spencer Patton of the BayStars, talk about DeNA, roll out our own interleague starting lineups, touch on some notes and handle some HighHeat.

Vol. 7.20, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Matt Duffy of the Marines, talk about Lotte’s struggles, discuss the Hawks seventh victory in the interleague race, the Giants GM move, rant about the replay system and handle some HighHeat.

John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Brian Wolfe of the Lions, briefly examine the Seibu club, touch on the interleague race, debate the meaning of 2,000 hits and more.

Vol. 7.18, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen comment on an interview with Brent Morel of the Buffaloes, discuss Orix’s up-and-down ways, give early interleague impressions, NoriNori breaking Nomo’s record and Masahiro Araki collecting hit No. 2,000.

Vol. 7.17, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen comment on an interview with Brad Eldred of the Carp, discuss Hiroshima, the upcoming interleadgue session, NoriNori and Nomo, and deal with some HighHeat.

Vol. 7.16, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen – back from a short hiatus – comment about an interview with David Buchanan of the Swallows, discuss the CL and PL leaders, Wayne Graczyk’s memorial service and a little HighHeat.

Vol. 7.15, John E. Gibson and pinch-hitter Jason Coskrey – sitting in for Jim Allen – comment on an interview with Randy Messenger of the Tigers, discuss Hanshin and other CL teams before addressing the dumpster fire/train wreck in Chiba, and Norichika Aoki’s place in the annals of NPB as he approaches 2,000 hits.

John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Zelous Wheeler of the Eagles, chat about Rakuten and other PL teams before addressing the upcoming negotiations for a new posting system and answering some HighHeat.

Vol. 7.13, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Casey McGehee of the Eagles, talk about Yomiuri, the Tigers and some PL teams before answering some HighHeat.

John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Brandon Laird of the Fighters, talk about Nippon Ham, the Rakuten and Orix starts in the PL and Hanshin’s Takashi Toritani before honoring our friend and colleague Wayne Graczyk, who died suddenly last week.

John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Dennis Sarfate of the Hawks, talk about SoftBank and impressive starts by Rakuten and Orix in the PL, Hiroshima and Hanshin in the CL before dealing with some HighHeat.

Vol. 7.10, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Audy Ciriaco of the DeNA BayStars, talk about Yokohama and first-week impressions around NPB, and deal with some HighHeat.

7.09, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a talk with Seibu slugger Ernesto Mejia, talk about Opening Weekend, Mune-rin’s return to SoftBank and deal with some HighHeat.

Vol. 7.08, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a talk with former Carp pitcher Bryan Bullington, review Samurai Japan in the WBC, talk about Opening Day, plus answer some fantastic listener questions.

Vol. 7.07, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a talk with former Yomiuri Giants player Phil Bradley, former big leaguer Sam Fuld of the Israel team in the WBC and chat about Samurai Japan’s Classic run before Michael Westbay and the NPB Tracker Patrick Newman join us as we try to predict the finishes for all six teams in the Central League pennant race.

Vol. 7.06, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a talk with Blue Jays Dan Evans and look at Samurai Japan in the WBC before Jason Coskrey and Claudio Rodriguez join us as we try to predict the top-to-bottom outcome of the Pacific League pennant race.

Vol. 7.05, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a talk with TV’s Zak Ikuma and NPB_Reddit, discuss Samurai Japan and the WBC, and answer two great listener questions.