Re-united after 12 years- Justin Kutcher, FOX Sports MLB Play by Play man joins us.  Philip and Justin trade stories about working with FOX Sports’ Joe Buck and Tim McCarver.  Find out just how Justin rose through the ranks from making only $500 a month when starting out in AAA Portland to calling nationally televised […]

The podcast starts out right before the first game of the WBC in Japan with Buck Martinez to AT&T Park in San Francisco where we get the latest on Team Japan from Jason Coskrey of The Japan Times.

First off,  we apologize for the poor audio on portions of this podcast.  Please prepare to raise your volume all the way up during some parts.  We have since rectified this technical issue and look forward to crisper shows with LIVE uStream down the road. On this episode of ComingToAmericaBaseball.com Podcast Jason Coskrey […]

On this episode of Coming To America Baseball, Minnesota Twins Pacific Rim Scout, David Kim, on assignment, calls in from Jeju Island, Korea. Find out what cuisine made Nino show up late (as usual). Philip and Nino talk about what obscure KBO record David set.  The guys also discuss high school baseball in Korea […]

In this installment of ComingToAmericaBaseball.com Podcast, John E. Gibson, baseball writer for Daily Yomiuri and host of Japan Baseball Weekly Podcast, join Nino and Philip to talk Hideki Matsui’s retirement, Ichiro’s new deal with the Yankees, fans on both sides of the Pacific; John defends Dodger fans.

Probably the only podcast devoted to Hyun-jin Ryu’s historic deal.  In Podcast 1.3, Jeeho Yoo, of Yonhap News, stops by to talk about the historic signing of Ryu with LA.  Later, Arirang Radio’s Edwin Ro and Mike “Nino” Ninivaggi join the panel to give their thoughts on the negotiations, Scott Boras and Ryu’s chances […]

From a snowy South Korea, Jason Corskey, baseball writer for Japan Times.  Jason brings us up to speed on 18-year old phenom Shohei Otani’s decsion on coming to MLB.  Free agent chat- Cubs sign Fujikawa;  Nino and Jason discuss how a new posting system may change the landscape of bids; WBC roster; Duds and Studs […]

ComingToAmerica.com Podcast: Hyun-jin Ryu, Dan Kurtz, Mike “Nino” Ninivaggi With Hyun-jin Ryu on the verge of signing with the LA Dodgers, what better time to release our first podcast.   ComingToAmericaBaseball.com kicks off its inaugural podcast discussing KBO pitcher Hyun Jin Ryu’s contract negotations with the LA Dodgers.  Joined by Dan Kurtz of mykbo.net and […]