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Japan Baseball Weekly

Japan Baseball Weekly

Weekly roundup of news and commentary about Japanese baseball

John E. Gibson and Jim Allen

10 episodesEN-US

Show overview

Japan Baseball Weekly has published 10 episodes during 2024. That works out to roughly 10 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h 2m and 1h 8m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Sports show.

The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.5 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. Published by John E. Gibson and Jim Allen.

Episodes
10
Started
2024
Median length
1h 6m
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

Weekly chats between sports reporters John E. Gibson and Jim Allen with player interviews and occasional guests.

Latest Episodes

Vol. 14.39: Yokohama Wins It All, Friend Kuehnert Dies, New Managers, Major Roki News, Favorite Moment of 2024 ...

We look back at Yokohama DeNA taking down Fukuoka SoftBank to win the Japan Series, recognize Marty Kuehnert, who recently died, circle back to discuss the crop of new mangers, go Rockin With Roki Sasaki before he heads off to the big leagues and offer up our favorite moments of the season.

Nov 10, 20241h 6m

Vol. 14.38: Andre Jackson of Yokohama DeNA, Games 2 through 5, HighHeat ...

Right-handed starter Andre Jackson of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars is the guest, John and Jim take a look at Japan Series Games 2-5 and handle some HighHeat.

Nov 3, 20241h 5m

Vol. 14.37: Kyle Keller, J.B. Wendelken, CLCS Finale, Game 1 of Japan Series

Right-handers Kyle Keller of Yomiuri and J.B. Wendelken of Yokohama DeNA are the guests, John and Jim discuss the CLCS second-round finale, look quickly at the first game of the SoftBank-DeNA Japan Series matchup and add one note about the “unchanged” baseballs this season.

Oct 27, 202457 min

Vol. 14.36: Anthony Kay, CLCS And PLCS Discussion, HighHeat ...

Left-hander Anthony Kay of Yokohama DeNA is the guest, John and Jim discuss the games in the second round of the CLCS and PLCS matchups & then handle some HighHeat.

Oct 20, 202440 min

Vol. 14.35: Carter Stewart Jr., PLCS, Yokohama DeNA Sweeps 1st Round of CLCS, Manager Management, HighHeat ...

Carter Stewart Jr. of the SoftBank Hawks is the guest, we look at the first round of the PLCS, talk about the two-game sweep for Yokohama DeNA in the first round of the CLCS, chime in on all the managerial madness and handle some HighHeat.

Oct 13, 20241h 11m

Vol. 14.34: Gregory Polanco, PLCS And CLCS Matchups, Sugano, Okada, Roki Rocks, HighHeat ...

Gregory Polanco of Chiba Lotte is the guest, we look at the PLCS and CLCS matchups, discuss pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano jumping to the major leagues, manager Akinobu Okada jumping off the Hanshin train, go Rockin with Roki & handle some HighHeat.

Oct 6, 20241h 0m

Vol. 14.33: Tyler Austin, Hawks And Giants Win Respective League Titles, Rockin with Roki, HighHeat ...

Tyler Austin of Yokohama DeNA is the guest, we look at the Hawks winning the Pacific and the Giants taking the Central leagues, the playoff races, go Rockin with Roki & handle some HighHeat.

Sep 29, 20241h 7m

Vol. 14.32: Keuchel, Playoff Races, Rockin With Roki, ShoBusiness, Tatsunami Out, HighHeat ...

Lotte starter Dallas Keuchel is the guest, we look at the playoff races, go Rockin with Roki, talk a little Shohei Ohtani (with a special appearance by Bobby Valentine), discuss Dragons skipper Kazuyoshi Tatsunami going up in smoke & handle some HighHeat.

Sep 22, 20241h 21m

Vol. 14.31: J.B. Wendelken, League Races, Rockin With Roki, Aoki Leads Retirements, HighHeat

Yokohama DeNA BayStars reliever J.B. Wendelken is the guest, we take a quick look at the playoff races, go Rockin with Roki Sasaki, discuss Norichika Aoki and other retirements and handle some HighHeat.

Sep 15, 20241h 5m

Vol. 14.30: Foster Griffin, Races, August Stars, Giants Twilight Zone, Retirements ...

Yomiuri lefty starter Foster Griffin is the guest, we discuss the playoff races in both leagues, look at the top performers of August, briefly go Rockin’ with Roki, talk about the Giants romancing the zone and close things out with a retirement note.

Sep 8, 20241h 8m
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