Japan Baseball Weekly

Matt Davidson of the Hiroshima Carp is the guest, we examine the playoff races in the Central and Pacific leagues, discuss Yohei Oshima reaching 2,000 hits and handle some HighHeat.

Neftali Soto of the Yokohama BayStars is the guest, we briefly discuss the playoff races in the Central and Pacific leagues, look at an official no-hitter and an unofficial no-no, the 29-game hitting streak Yuki Okabayashi put together and handle some HighHeat.

Dodgers broadcaster Jose Mota is the guest, we discuss a little Shohei Ohtani, look at the playoff races in the Central and Pacific leagues, take a deep dive into Yohei Oshima as he nears 2,000 career hits and touch on the hitting streak Yuki Okabayashi has put together.

Bo Takahashi of the Seibu Lions is the guest, we look at the top Rookie Of The Year candidates, discuss Japan’s inactive trade deadline, examine Hanshin’s annual Road Trip of Death and take a look at the top performers of July.

Reliever J.B. Wendelken of the Yokohama BayStars is the guest, we talk briefly about DeNA, dive into our power rankings in our Power Trax segment, go rocking with Roki Sasaki and then handle some HighHeat.

Carter Stewart Jr. of the SoftBank Hawks is the guest, we look back at both All-Star games, dive into some MVP and Sawamura Award candidates and handle some HighHeat.

Guests Jason Coskrey, Claudio Rodriguez and Michael Westbay join Jim Allen and John E. Gibson to discuss the midway status of all 12 teams ahead of the All-Star break.

Utilityman Marwin Gonzalez of Orix is the guest, we discuss the Buffaloes, look at the power rankings in our Power Trax segment, Jim drills down on some somewhat puzzling NPB bunting statistics, we go Rockin with Roki Sasaki and close things out by handling some HighHeat.

Giants outfielder Adam Walker and hitting advisor Zelous Wheeler are the guests, we dive into the notion of a pitch clock in NPB, go Rockin with Roki, discuss the top June performers and close things out by handling some HighHeat.

Tyler Austin of the BayStars is the guest, we discuss the first interleague championship for Yokohama, examine some of the numbers during the special session, talk about All-Star Game voting and Jim touches on his blog post about Swallows pitching coach Tomohito Ito's approach to helping to improve the performance of players.