Japan Baseball Weekly

Vol. 7.04, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss chats with the Fighters’ trio of import pitchers, touch on Shohei Otani’s injury, camps, the Samurai Japan team for the WBC and more.

7.03, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss chats with DeNA skipper Alex Ramirez and Texas reliever Tony Barnette, discuss camp, Shohei Otani being taken off the Samurai Japan roster and more.

Vol. 7.02, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with former Dragons and Buffaloes infielder Matt Clark, look at the latest inductees to Japan’s baseball Hall of Fame and answer a #HighHeat listener question.

Vol. 7.01, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with former SoftBank Hawks pitcher CJ Nitkowski, discuss the impact of the new CBA agreement in the big leagues on NPB, and take a quick look at HOF candidates for this year’s announcement.

Vol. 6.41, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with former Nippon Ham Fighters skipper Trey Hillman, two talent evaluators for the BayStars, a few free-agent moves and answer a #HighHeat question from a loyal listener.

Vol. 6.40, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with Dave DeFreitas of the 2080baseball.com site, discuss the misguided MVP voting in the CL and answer a questions from a loyal listener.

Vol. 6.39, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss the Nippon Ham Fighters winning the Japan Series, going through each game, and we add a couple of notes.

Vol. 6.38, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss Game 1 of the Japan Series and read listener picks, have our annual rant about the NPB draft, and hear from DeNA skipper Alex Ramirez before touching on Hiroki Kuroda’s retirement announcement.

Vol. 6.37, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss postgame press chats with Alex Ramirez, the second stage of the CLCS and PLCS, look ahead to the Japan Series matchup and answer a HighHeat question.

Vol. 6.36, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss chats with Alex Ramirez and a number of BayStars, we talk about first stage of both the CLCS and PLCS, look ahead to the second round, discuss our favorite moments of the season and answer HighHeat questions.

Vol. 6.35, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with Anthony Bass of the Fighters, we talk about Nippon Ham clinching the PL title, NPBTracker joins us for Power Trax and we look at the first round of the playoffs.

Vol. 6.34, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with Rick van den Hurk of the Hawks, we talk about the PL race, leaders in some key statistical categories, Sawamura Award candidates, Daisuke Miura and hit a listener question.

Vol. 6.33, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with Kyle Davies of the Swallows, we talk about both league playoff races, the top PL & CL rookies, the best MLB fit for Shohei Otani and hit a listener question.

Vol. 6.32, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss conversations with J.J. and Big Bad Brad right after the Carp clinch the CL title [and K.J. one day later], we talk about Hiroshima, the PL playoff picture, notes and a handle some #HighHeat.

Vol. 6.31, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with Chris Martin of the Nippon Ham Fighters, we talk about Shohei Otani, the hurting Hawks, both league playoff races, the retiring Saburo and answer a listener question.

Vol. 6.30: John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with import Luis Cruz of the Giants, Patrick Newman joins us for Power Trax, we talk about the pennant races, hit a Shohei Otani note and answer listener questions.

John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with third-year import Mauro Gomez of the Tigers, we discuss the pennant races, hit a couple of notes and answer a great listener question.

John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with first-year import Garrett Jones of the Giants, we discuss Ichiro’s 3,000 MLB hits, the firing of Chunichi Dragons manager Motonobu Tanishige and hit a few notes.

John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with hitting coach Tom O'Malley of the Tigers, we discuss Hanshin, the CL race, notes and answer #HighHeat Questions.

Vol. 6.26, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with Brandon Laird of the Fighters, we welcome Patrick Newman for the Power Trax segment, discuss Nippon Ham, talk about the Lions, Tetsuto Yamada, notes and answer #HighHeat Questions.

Vol. 6.25, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with Mike Zagurski of the BayStars, we discuss the weak players union, talk about pitchers with the best WHIP and most one-two-three innings, Kuroda reaching 200 wins, notes and answer #HighHeat Questions.

Vol. 6.24, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with Kam Mickolio of the Eagles, we discuss Rakuten, talk about the two All-Star Games, the CL and PL MVP candidates and some notes.

Vol. 6.23, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with Jordan Noberto of the Dragons, we discuss Chunichi, and the CL and PL playoff pictures, talk about homers with Michael Westbay, notes and answer #HighHeat questions.

Vol. 6.22, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Randy “Jay” Jackson of the Carp, we jump way ahead and look at the playoff picture in the PL, talk about Hiroki Kuroda and his 200th win, notes and answer #HighHeat questions.

Vol. 6.21, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Scott Mathieson of the Yomiuri Giants, Patrick Newman joins us for Power Trax, we examine the reloading Tigers and answer #HighHeat questions.