Japan Baseball Weekly

Baseball reporter John E. Gibson is celebrating his third season of putting together this excellent podcast from Japan. He is regularly joined by author and veteran sportswriter Jim Allen, and on occasion, Michael Westbay, founder of JapaneseBaseball.com, the site that features Japan Baseball Weekly.

If you haven't dived into the richly informative JBW archives, here is a selection of shows with featured interviews. These guests have backgrounds in all aspects of the game and the conversations can often be quite candid. Topics run the gamut from the front office to the playing field and from scouting to writing about baseball in Japan.

• 3.04 | 02/25/2013 Trey Hillman
• 3.03 | 02/11/2013 Aaron Guiel
• 3.02 | 01/28/2013 Greg Wells
• 3.01 | 01/14/2013 Robert Whiting
• 2.42 | 12/17/2012 Wayne Graczyk
• 2.39 | 11/12/2012 Matt Winters
• 2.34 | 10/08/2012 D.J. Houlton
• 2.33 | 10/01/2012 Darrell Rasner
• 2.32 | 09/24/2012 Josh Whitesell
• 2.30 | 09/10/2012 Tony Barnette
• 2.29 | 09/03/2012 Brad Eldred
• 2.28 | 08/27/2012 Randy Bass
• 2.27 | 08/20/2012 Randy Messenger
• 2.26 | 08/13/2012 Bobby Scales
• 2.25 | 08/06/2012 Chris Carter
• 2.22 | 07/16/2012 Alex Ramirez
• 2.21 | 07/09/2012 Brian Wolfe
• 2.20 | 07/02/2012 Wladimir Balentien
• 2.19 | 06/25/2012 Dave DeFreitas
• 2.18 | 06/18/2012 Matt Murton
• 2.17 | 06/11/2012 Evan MacLane
• 2.16 | 06/04/2012 Jose Fernandez
• 2.15 | 05/28/2012 Randy Williams
• 2.14 | 05/21/2012 Scott Mathieson
• 2.13 | 05/14/2012 Brandon Mann & Micah Hoffpauir
• 2.12 | 05/07/2012 Bryan Bullington
• 2.11 | 04/30/2012 Terrmel Sledge
• 2.10 | 04/23/2012 Seth Greisinger
• 2.09 | 04/16/2012 John Bowker
• 2.08 | 04/09/2012 Craig Brazell
• 2.07 | 04/02/2012 Lastings Milledge
• 2.06 | 03/26/2012 Larry Rocca (Part 2)
• 2.05 | 03/12/2012 Larry Rocca (Part 1)
• 2.04 | 02/27/2012 Jeremy Powell
• 2.03 | 02/12/2012 Gail E. Hopkins
• 1.31 | 11/14/2011 Warren Cromartie
• 1.29 | 11/01/2011 Alex Ramirez
• 1.26 | 10/10/2011 Matt Murton & Aarom Baldiris
• 1.24 | 09/26/2011 Jose Fernandez
• 1.23 | 09/19/2011 Bobby Scales 
• 1.20 | 08/29/2011 Jason Standridge
• 1.18 | 08/14/2011 Bryan Bullington
• 1.14 | 07/18/2011 Dennis Sarfate
• 1.13 | 07/11/2011 Brian Falkenborg
• 1.10 | 06/20/2011 Bobby Keppel
• 1.09 | 06/13/2011 Matt Murton  

Japan Baseball Weekly is on Facebook and the podcasts are available from iTunes. It is an interactive show and listeners are invited to send questions either in an email or an MP3 under 60 seconds. Immense gratitude to John, Jim and all the guests over the years. The information and insights have been invaluable. Thanks also to Shooters in Nagoya and ONE World Sports for sponsoring the show.