Japan Baseball Weekly

On this week’s show we’ve got pitcher Jeremy Beasley of the Japan Series-winning Hanshin Tigers as the guest, Jason Coskrey joins to look the first six games of the Series and we handle some HighHeat.

Japan Series talk, with Leandro Cedeno of Orix and Sheldon Neuse of Hanshin as the guests, we discuss the matchup, look at Thursday’s amateur draft, & dive into more HighHeat,

Games, games and more games as we discuss the second rounds of the Pacific and Central league Climax Series, hit a few notes and dive hard into some HighHeat, including an MP3 from listener James in Houston.

Seibu Lions reliever Brooks Kriske is the guest, we discuss the matchups in the first rounds of the Pacific League and Central League Climax Series and dive into some HighHeat.

J.B. Wendelken of the DeNA BayStars is the guest, we discuss the Central League race for second, and the three-team Pacific League race for the final two playoff spots, look at Giants manager Tatsunori Hara stepping away and Hirokazu Ibata taking over as skipper of Samurai Japan.

Gosuke Kato of the Nippon Ham Fighters is the guest, we discuss the three-team race for the final two playoff spots in the Pacific League, check on the battle for second in the Central League, hit a couple of notes and handle some HighHeat.

Mike Brosseau of the Lotte Marines is the guest, we discuss the Orix 3-peat in the Pacific League, look at the scramble for remaining playoff spots in both leagues, go rocking with Roki Sasaki and briefly chat about some of the retiring players.

Drew Anderson of the Hiroshima Carp is the guest, we discuss the Central League championship run the Hanshin Tigers made this season, look at the races for playoff spots in both leagues, go rockin’ with Roki Sasaki, hit one note and close things out with HighHeat.

Fifth-year import and NPB pioneer Carter Stewart Jr. of SoftBank is the guest, we discuss the second career Yoshinobu Yamamoto no-hitter, look at the playoff races and chew on some of the posting fodder.

Mark Payton of the Seibu Lions is the guest, we discuss the races for playoff spots in the Central and Pacific leagues, hit our Power Trax and Top Monthly Performers segments and handle some HighHeat.