John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Taylor Jungmann of Yomiuri, take a look at the Giants and Hayato Sakamoto's super start to the season, examine the job the new NPB skippers are doing and handle some HighHeat.

John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Dennis Sarfate of the Hawks, look around the PL and CL, point out one of many issues with the replay system, and handle some HighHeat.

John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Andrew Albers of the Buffaloes, look at Orix and the rest of the Pacific League, talk about the big streaks in the Central League, the number of HRs across NPB and try to guess the top March-April performers.

John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Zelous Wheeler of the Rakuten Eagles, take a look at a few surprises in both the Pacific and Central leagues, discuss of few rare plays and handle some HighHeat.

John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Dave Huff of the Yakult Swallows, take a look at the cold teams in both the Central and Pacific leagues and hit a couple of notes before handling some HighHeat.

John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Brandon Mann of the Lotte Marines, take a look the first week of action in both leagues, cover some news and notes, including Randy Messenger’s milestone, and handle some HighHeat.

Baseball is Back!! John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss an interview with Neftali Soto of the Yokohama BayStars, take a look at each opening series, put a bow on the Ichiro Suzuki retirement and field some HighHeat.

John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss Part II of an interview with former Lotte Marines skipper Bobby Valentine (a Shoriki Award winner) before Claudio Rodriguez of Beisbol Japones and broadcaster Zak Ikuma sit in to help break down the Pacific League and make their top-to-bottom predictions.

John E. Gibson and sit-in guest Jason Coskrey discuss Part I of an interview with former Lotte Marines skipper Bobby Valentine (a Shoriki Award winner) before Jim Allen, Jason and Michael Westbay join in to make their predictions for the Central League top to bottom.

John E. Gibson (minus Jim Allen because of technical difficulties) discusses a pair of interviews with former NPB stars Jay Jackson (Carp/Brewers) and Tony Barnette (Swallows/Cubs), goes over the popular rookie so far during camp and hits on future rule changes that could come to NPB before dealing with some HighHeat.