Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss an interview with Stefen Romero of Orix, talk about the Buffaloes (at about 25 minutes), examine the PL pennant race (42 mins), look at Giants righty Shun Yamaguchi’s no-hitter (48 mins), the CL race, we delve inside the increased number of homers (66 mins), touch on a recent trade (73 mins), and handle some HighHeat (75 mins).

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss an interview with Deunte Heath of Seibu, talk about the Lions (at about 25 minutes), look at the PL pennant race (34 mins), the CL race (44 mins), NPB expansion (52 mins), Garcia and Bolsinger extensions (60), Notes, featuring Koji Uehara’s Triple-1 (63 mins) and HighHeat (70 mins).

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss an interview with Spencer Patton of DeNA, talk about BayStars (at about 30 minutes), look at the pennant races (40 mins), the All-Star Game series (61 mins) and hit some notes -- the top June players (66 mins) and an innocuous trade (71 mins).

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss an interview with Frank Herrmann of the Eagles, talk about Rakuten (at about 32 minutes) and its new GM (48 mins), look at the ASG series participants (54 mins), the top players of June (61 mins) and handle some #HighHeat (70 mins).

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss an interview with Steven Moya of the Dragons, talk about Chunichi, then discuss the hottest teams in NPB, the increase in home runs and handle a #HighHeat comment.

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss an interview with Mike Bolsinger of the Marines, talk about Lotte (at about 25 mins), discuss the Swallows finishing with the best record in interleague play (36 mins), the team with the most 150-kph (93-mph) fastballs in NPB (46 mins), ERA and batting leaders (49) and handle some #HighHeat (62 mins).

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss an interview with first-year pitcher Matt Carasiti of Yakult, talk about the Swallows (at about 31 mins), discuss interleague play (42 mins), the increase in homers around NPB (49 mins), touch on the sudden resignation of Rakuten skipper Masataka Nashida (62) and handle some #HighHeat (68 mins).

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss an interview with second-year slugger Chris Marrero of Orix, talk about the Buffaloes (at about 32 mins), look at interleague play, with a close eye on the front-running Swallows and the Hawks (43 mins), hit on the number of running outs (58 mins), touch on some notes (top May players and late-game Norimoto losses, (69) and handle some #HighHeat (76 mins).

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss an interview with first-year reliever Michael Tonkin of Nippon Ham, talk about the Fighters (at about 26 mins), look at the start of interleague play (46 mins), snark at the All-Star fan voting (57 mins), try to guess the top performers of May (67) and handle some #HighHeat (75 mins).

Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss an interview with first-year Yokohama player Neftali Soto and a quick comment from DeNA skipper Alex Ramirez, look at the BayStars (at about 27 mins), examine the most ground outs vs. fly outs for pitching staffs (43 mins), we've got the Mini Trax power ratings segment (52 mins), we talk about the start of interleague play this week (60) and handle some #HighHeat (68 mins).