Vol. 6.40, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with Dave DeFreitas of the 2080baseball.com site, discuss the misguided MVP voting in the CL and answer a questions from a loyal listener.

Vol. 6.39, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss the Nippon Ham Fighters winning the Japan Series, going through each game, and we add a couple of notes.

Vol. 6.38, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss Game 1 of the Japan Series and read listener picks, have our annual rant about the NPB draft, and hear from DeNA skipper Alex Ramirez before touching on Hiroki Kuroda’s retirement announcement.

Vol. 6.37, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss postgame press chats with Alex Ramirez, the second stage of the CLCS and PLCS, look ahead to the Japan Series matchup and answer a HighHeat question.

Vol. 6.36, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss chats with Alex Ramirez and a number of BayStars, we talk about first stage of both the CLCS and PLCS, look ahead to the second round, discuss our favorite moments of the season and answer HighHeat questions.

Vol. 6.35, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with Anthony Bass of the Fighters, we talk about Nippon Ham clinching the PL title, NPBTracker joins us for Power Trax and we look at the first round of the playoffs.

Vol. 6.34, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with Rick van den Hurk of the Hawks, we talk about the PL race, leaders in some key statistical categories, Sawamura Award candidates, Daisuke Miura and hit a listener question.

Vol. 6.33, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with Kyle Davies of the Swallows, we talk about both league playoff races, the top PL & CL rookies, the best MLB fit for Shohei Otani and hit a listener question.

Vol. 6.32, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss conversations with J.J. and Big Bad Brad right after the Carp clinch the CL title [and K.J. one day later], we talk about Hiroshima, the PL playoff picture, notes and a handle some #HighHeat.

Vol. 6.31, John E. Gibson and Jim Allen discuss a chat with Chris Martin of the Nippon Ham Fighters, we talk about Shohei Otani, the hurting Hawks, both league playoff races, the retiring Saburo and answer a listener question.