Japan Baseball Weekly

Michael Westbay has his West Wing segment focusing on BayStars closer Yamasaki, we look at the races in the Central and Pacific leagues and quickly look at the top MVP candidates in both leagues.

Orix pitcher Jacob Waguespack is the guest, we look at the races in the Central and Pacific leagues hit our Rok N with Roki segment and close it out with some HighHeat.

We briefly pay homage to Vin Scully, discuss the races in both the PL and CL, look at the top performers for July, hit our Rok N with Roki segment and handle as much HighHeat as we can.

Jantzen Witte of the Seibu Lions is the guest, we look back at the two-game All-Star series, go through the three hottest and coldest NPB teams in July in our Mini Trax power rankings segment and handle some HighHeat to close things out.

Former Hanshin Tigers star Matt Murton is the guest, we talk about the ASGs coming up this week, discuss Dragons player development, Jim has WBC notes, we touch on the recent near no-no and handle some HighHeat to close things out.

We start by paying homage to Shohei Ohtani, then feature a chat with former NPB slugger Greg Boomer Wells, Jim offers some numbers on first-pitch takers and first-pitch swingers, we look at the standings in both leagues, especially the bullpen-led Lions, before closing things out with some HighHeat.

Former NPB slugger Craig Brazell is the guest, Michael Westbay comes on for his West Wing segment, we calmly discuss the Koji Chikamoto hitting streak coming to an end, touch on Takeya Okawari-kun Nakamura taking over as the all-time NPB strikeout leader among hitters and handle some HighHeat.

Ryan McBroom of the Carp is the guest, we look at Shogo Akiyama joining Hiroshima, Mini Trax power rankings segment, top June performers, we go Rockin with Roki & discuss Koji Chikamoto hitting safely in 29 consecutive games.

Michael Westbay makes a cameo appearance, we look at the progress of the new managers, BIGBOSS, the ANTI- BIGBOSS and Fujimoto, discuss the NPB return of Shogo Akiyama, go Rockin with Roki & handle some HighHeat.

Mark Simon of Sports Info Solutions is the guest, we discuss the latest no-hitter and what might be behind the flurry of no-nos this season, look at the conversion of the Dragons' Akira Neo to pitcher and Yakult skipper Shingo Takatsu's new deal.