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.