Japan Baseball Weekly

MLB international exec Jim Small is the guest, we talk about the Swallows winning their second interleague title, the CL topping the PL in the overall race, the no-hitter by Shota Imanaga of DeNA, then go Rockin’ with Roki and hit notes on Roberto Osuna and BIGBOSS.

Former Lotte Marines skipper Bobby Valentine is the guest, we review the second week of interleague play, go through the early results of fan All-Star voting, look at the top performers of May and talk about the Reiwa Rock Star in our Rock N With Roki segment.

NPB Reddit guy Ben is the guest, we talk about the first week of interleague play, look at the hottest and coldest teams in our Mini Trax power rankings segment, talk about the Reiwa Rock Star in our Rock N With Roki segment and close things out by handling some HighHeat.

Chicago Cubs play-by-play broadcaster Jon Boog Sciambi joins the show to discuss covering Seiya Suzuki, we preview the start of interleague play, talk rock star pitching in our Rock N With Roki segment and close things out by handling some HighHeat.

Former Nippon Ham pitcher Carlos Mirabal is the guest, we discuss the no-hitter Nao Higashihama fired this week, take a quick look at the standings and close things out with the Rockin With Roki segment.

Former NPBer Bobby Scales is the guest, we discuss Dragons lefty Yudai Ono and his 10-inning perfect miss, look at the top players of April, hit our Rockin' With Roki segment and close things out by handling some HighHeat.

Orix Buffaloes reliever Jesse Biddle is the guest, we have our power rankings segment Mini Trax up for the first time this season and then close things out by handling some HighHeat.

NPB Tracker Patrick Newman is back on the show as the guest, we discuss the struggling Hanshin Tigers, look at Roki Sasaki's latest start and close things out by handling some HighHeat.

Scout/Adviser Tony Barnette of Yakult is the guest, we take a brief look at the Swallows and the Hanshin Tigers, Roki Sasaki's imperfect game, and hit a couple of notes about the bunt-heavy Carp and Haruki Nishikawa of the Eagles before handling some HighHeat.

Lotte ace Roki Sasaki blows up the internet and the sports world with a perfect game, Brian O’Grady of Seibu is the guest, and Jim and John discuss early PL and CL impressions before handling some HighHeat.

Carter Stewart Jr. of SoftBank is the guest, and Jim and John take a look at the Hawks, discuss the BIGBOSS blues, the horrible Hanshin start, hit some notes on a few closers and handle some HighHeat.

Brandon Laird of the Chiba Lotte Marines is the guest, and Jim and John take a look at all six series from Opening Weekend, discuss three catchers new to starting and close things out by handling some HighHeat.

Michael Westbay of Japanesebaseball.com and Jason Coskrey of The Japan Times help Jim and John take a look at the Central League and try to predict how all six teams will finish in the pennant race.

Claudio Rodriguez of Beisbol Japones and Christian Gin of Graveyard Baseball join as Jim and John take a look at the Pacific League and try to predict the finish for all six teams in the PL Prediction Special.

Seattle Mariners radio play-by-play man Gary Hill is the guest, we take a 30,000-foot view of NPB camps, featuring Fighters ringmaster Shinjo, discuss Hanshin Tigers skipper Akihiro Yano stepping down after the season, hit some notes and handle some HighHeat.

It’s a Rami-chat as Alex Ramirez graces JBW with a 30-plus-minute discussion, we look at the latest Hall of Fame inductees, the opening of corona camps, hit some notes, including Coco Balentien, and handle HighHeat.

International scout Dave DeFreitas is the guest as we discuss Seiya Suzuki, we look at the MVPs, top rookies and the voting for both awards, talk Gold Gloves, give our best moments of the season and handle some HighHeat.

Orix reliever Tyler Higgins is the guest, we discuss the Yakult Swallows winning the franchise's sixth Japan Series championship, highlighting Games 3, 4, 5 and 6, before handling some HighHeat.

We discuss the highlights of Games 1 and 2 of the Japan Series, dive into a few offseason moves, take a look at the Seiya Suzuki posting and close things out by handling some HighHeat.

Vol. 11.39, Adam Jones of the Orix Buffaloes is the guest, we talk about the Climax Series in both the Pacific and Central leagues, give our predictions for the Japan Series and talk about a couple of retiring stars.

Jason Coskrey of the Japan Times joins us to discuss the Marines and Giants advancing through the first round of the Climax Series in their respective leagues, the new clown face of the Nippon Ham Fighters and also helps us handle some HighHeat that has been on the back burner a little while.

We unpack the unprecedented dual worst-to-first pennant runs for the Yakult Swallows and Orix Buffaloes in their respective leagues, preview the PLCS and CLCS first rounds, examine the top candidates for the ROY awards and opine on some of the managerial changes.

Frank Herrmann of the Lotte Marines is the guest, we discuss the stretch run of the pennant races, pay our respects to some retiring players, especially Daisuke Matsuzaka, offer a brief overview of the latest Roki Sasaki start and look at Masahiro Tanaka getting knocked around and yanked for the first time in ages.

Yakult Swallows scout Tony Barnette is the guest, we discuss the pennant and playoff races in the Central and Pacific leagues, drop some notes on the Oc.t 11 draft, take a quick look at incoming Chunichi skipper Kazuyoshi Tatsunami and his staff, quickly go through the latest Roki Sasaki start and handle some HighHeat.

Lions reliever Reed Garrett is the guest, we look at what is left of the pennant races in the Central and Pacific leagues, discuss the notion of half the NPB managers changing before next season and close things out with a look at the latest Masahiro Tanaka and Roki Sasaki starts.