The Japan Times baseball writer, Jason Coskrey calls in.  Topics: LHP Yusei Kikuchi coming into his own, Shohei Otani, Masahiro Tanaka’s strong start, Ballgate, NPB’s interesting playoff format Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes: Coming To America Baseball Youtube Channel: ComingtoAmericaBaseball.com

Lotte Giants pitcher Chris Oxspring drops by to talk about Kim Tae-kyun’s controversial remarks made toward his teammate, Shane Youman;MLB opening it up Down Under in 2014, Lotte fans.  Next Sean Kim, SK Wyverns translator, who also doubles as a contract negotiator with foreign players tells us how SK nearly missed out on Chris Seddon […]

Brandon Knight, “The White Knight” in the twi-light of his career, has played in 3 different decades in USA, Japan and Korea.  He met up with Philip Riccobono to talk about what it meant to play for the Yankees, a need for the KBO to expand its emerging foreign fan-base, entertaining listener questions, looking ahead […]

Veteran Nexen Heroes Pitcher, Brandon Knight, stops by to talk about his long journey, spanning 3 nations- including playing for the Yankees.  Find out what Knight thinks about baseball customs in Korea and more.

Jeeho Yoo (Yonhap News) and John E. Gibson of The Japan News stop by and talk baseball from both sides of the Sea.  We recorded Jeeho and John prior to the Kim Tae-Kyun controversy, so Philip addresses that first. Topics: Korean imports to NPB over the years- Kim Tae-Kyun, Lee Jon -Beom and others; who […]

One-time MLB left-handed-pitcher, Shane Youman, dropped by.  Find out how he fared against Ken Griffey, Jr., his take on playing in the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) for the Lotte Giants the past few seasons, fans, LA Dodgers, Hyun-jin Ryu, some of the interesting customs in the KBO, relief pitchers in Korea, and more.

Lamigo Monkeys “Super-Fan”, RJ drops by to talk cheering in Taiwan’s CPBL.  RJ and I set out to find Manny Ramirez in the beautiful city of Kaohsiung.  Also do Pac-Rim pitching prospects get overworked and then some?  Find out why some high school hurlers average 130 plus pitches per game.  All that and more.

We join “International Journeyman” Chris Oxspring this week as he touches on everything from winning a Silver at the ’04 Olympics, time spent in MLB, Japan and working a job outside of baseball right up to the WBC in March, leading to his KBO comeback.

Coming to you from the Basement Series- NC Dinos vs. Hanwha Eagles on a historic night.  Jeeho Yoo of Yonhap News, Hanwha Eagles 0-13 start, Ryu, KBO attendance down dramatically, and more.

Allen Wolf, writer of “Time for KBO to grow up” stops by and Van Walker joins in-studio.  The guys talk about how the Korean Baseball Organization differs from MLB- from free agency to marketing. Who has the best KBO fans?