Episode 800
March 15, 2026 by Edward Kasputis
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We celebrate our 800th episode as Ed reports back from the World Baseball Classic in Miami as he and Farley remember our first 800 episodes. The podcast concludes as Ed interviews Jared Diamond from The Wall Street Journal about his recent articles about baseball.
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2026 World Baseball Classic
February 22, 2026 by Edward Kasputis
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Let’s get ready for the World Baseball Classic as games are about to begin in Houston, Miami, San Juan and Tokyo.
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2024 Minicast – Marty Kuehnert
November 10, 2024 by Edward Kasputis
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From Tokyo, Ed Kasputis interviews Marty Kuehnert, Senior Advisor to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles about his 40+ year career as an American baseball executive in Japan.
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2023 Houston Astros
March 26, 2023 by Edward Kasputis
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Altuve is hurt and Verlander is gone, but the Astros have not lost a step. Ed Kasputis interviews William Metzger from crawfishboxes.com about the World Champions and their bright prospects for 2023.
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Fly Me to Japan
February 20, 2022 by Edward Kasputis
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As MLB labor strife continues, let’s go to a land where baseball is well. Fly me to Japan as Ed Kasputis interviews Trevor Raichura from Japanball.com.
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2022 Minicast – St. Luke’s Hospital
February 16, 2022 by Edward Kasputis
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In 2012, Ed Kasputis visited St. Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo to retrace the steps of Catcher and OSS spy, Moe Berg who visited the hospital on November 29, 1934 and shot video of the Tokyo skyline. Later during World War II, Berg shared this video with the U.S. Government. Kasputis interviews Kaoru Oda and Sumio Yabu from the roof of St. Luke’s.
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2022 Minicast – JapanBall.com
January 12, 2022 by Edward Kasputis
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Ed Kasputis interviews Bob Bavasi from JapanBall.com.
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2021 Minicast – Japanese Ballpark Food
June 23, 2021 by Edward Kasputis
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Ed Kasputis interviews Susan Hamaker from shrinecastle.com about the various delicious foods at Japanese ballparks.
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2021 Minicast – Marty Kuehnert
February 25, 2021 by Edward Kasputis
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From Tokyo, Ed Kasputis interviews Marty Kuehnert, Senior Advisor to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles about his 40+ year career as an American baseball executive in Japan.
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2019 Minicast – Japanball.com
March 27, 2019 by Edward Kasputis
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Ed Kasputis interviews Bob Bavasi from JapanBall.com.
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