Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss Okinawa camp interviews with Steven Moya of the Chunichi Dragons and Spencer Patton of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, Daisuke Matsuzaka`s fan-tug injury and other camp notes, then Jim breaks down his blog post (@ jballallen.com) on the concept of the foreigner strike zone before we touch on the impact of a tweak to the roster rule.

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss a BayStars manager Alex Ramirez media-scrum chat that came after a recent NPB managerial meeting, talk about expanded replay, take a look at this year’s Hall of Fame inductees (at about 34 minutes), comment on Yusei Kikuchi landing in Seattle (50), touch on the opening of camps (66) and handle some HighHeat (71).

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss a chat with former Orix BlueWave import Roosevelt Brown, take a quick look at free agency and the offseason pennant race, talk about the Hall of Fame and then handle the final HighHeat question of the year.

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss a chat with Stu Matthews of HalosHeaven.com (and SB Nation) about the Angels' Shohei Ohtani, go over the AL ROY’s recent Tokyo presser, examine another poor MVP decision by the Japanese media, take a look at Yomiuri’s moves in free agency (especially the Maru acquisition) and handle some HighHeat.

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss interviews with Hensley Meulens, MLB coach on the All-Star tour, utility man Kike Hernandez of the L.A. Dodgers, look back at the series, talk about our most memorable moments of the season and examine a HighHeat suggestion from now-former Yomiuri Giants IF Casey McGeHee.

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss an interview with former Fighters pitcher Chris Martin (Rangers), take a look at the series between Samurai Japan and the MLB All-Stars and run down the Gold Glovers before the HighHeat question springboards a chat about this year’s crop of free agents.

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss SoftBank winning the franchise’s ninth Japan Series title, take a quick look at the games, talk about Tomoyuki Sugano’s selection as the Sawamura Award winner, discuss recently released pitcher Koji Uehara’s future, and examine a few coaching acquisitions before handling some HighHeat.

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss the Japan Series opener, take a quick look at last week’s NPB draft, ponder the reassignment of Orix farm manager So Taguchi as a bench coach on the top team as well as Yusei Kikiuchi’s choice to make Scott Boras his agent and the impact that might have before the two handle some HighHeat.

Jim Allen and guest Jason Coskrey discuss the second round of the CLCS and PLCS, touch on the likelihood of Seibu pitcher Yusei Kikuchi jumping to the big leagues in the offseason, give their Best IX lists and answer a HighHeat question.

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson talk about an interview with David Buchanan of the Swallows, look at the first round of the CLCS and PLCS, including Yomiuri ace Tomoyuki Sugano’s no-hitter, the managerial musical chairs, the notion of Tetsuto Yamada going to The Show sometime soon and look at the final Player of the Month candidates.