Sitemap - 2024 - Robert Whiting's Japan
Upcoming Event - FCCJ Tokyo - Sept. 26
Bob’s Bullets - Karma bites Tokyo Governor Koike
Time Machine: Olympic baseball big in Japan
NPB players making bid for more rights
Superstition in baseball is universal
Time Machine: Marveling at Tokyo in the run-up to the 2020 Olympics
Billy Bean, former MLB player and gay rights activist, dies at 60
Bob's Bullets - Road trip to Chicago
The high school boys of summer take the field again for Koshien
Time Machine: Marvin Miller and the Hall of Fame
Interpreting a tough job on either side of the Pacific
Wall Street Journal Book Review: ‘In the Service of the Shogun’ An Englishman in Japan
MLB places a premium on left-handed pitchers
Time Machine: Emperor honors Bobby Valentine
Second volume of book on Nichibei Yakyu Tours another interesting read
Bob's Bullets - More on Roki Sasaki, Ichiro Hall of Fame Tour
Marines ace Roki Sasaki desired by MLB teams, but how great is the risk?
Willie Mays was so sensational, he was in a class by himself
Time Machine: Remembering Joe Stanka
Bad contracts plentiful in MLB over the past 20 years
Book Review: Gamblers, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies: The Outsiders Who Shaped Modern Japan
Time Machine: Tokyo 2021 Olympics left many questions in their aftermath
Players not the only ones susceptible to influence of sports gambling
More MLB gambling scandals likely in the future
Bob’s Bullets - Talking Shohei Ohtani in Sapporo
Kazuo Matsui latest in long line of NPB managers to take a kyuyo
Gamblers, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies: The Outsiders Who Shaped Modern Japan
Time Machine: National League finally adopts the Designated Hitter
Time Machine: Shohei Ohtani impacting race relations as idol of millions in U.S.
Shohei Ohtani Day — an honor or a gimmick?
Robert Whiting’s Japan Podcast - 2016
Decline of starting pitching bad for baseball
Time Machine: The Destroyer honored by the Emperor
Time Machine: Looking back at Ichiro’s MLB rookie season 20 years later
Book Review: Gamblers, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies: The Outsiders Who Shaped Modern Japan
Having a stroke and not knowing it
Time Machine: Remembering Gene Bacque
Book Review: Gamblers, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies: The Outsiders Who Shaped Modern Japan
Time Machine: Lessons in Japanese culture
Nikkei Asia - Story: Akebono showed the dignity and humility of a sumo grand champion
Focus on power making MLB games unattractive to watch
Time Machine: Remembering Takeshi Koba
Repost: Notes on being a gaijin
Time Machine: Nichibei Yakyu tours helped foster goodwill between U.S. and Japan
Time Machine: NPB games fit to be tied
Lack of news on Meiji Jingu redevelopment plan no accident
‘You Gotta Have Wa’ cited as one of ‘the greatest books on baseball’ ever
Opening Day overshadowed by cloud hanging over Ohtani in gambling scandal
Bob's Bullets - Ohtani's explanation on Mizuhara's betting scandal lacked clarity
Truth and fiction hard to separate as scandal ensnaring Mizuhara, Ohtani grows
Many questions remain to be answered in Mizuhara gambling scandal
Robert Whiting’s Japan Podcast - 2016
Time Machine: Posting System a path for NPB players, but no guarantee for MLB teams
Time Machine: Is the Emperor necessary?
Time Machine: A new era begins with Reiwa Emperor
Time Machine: Willie Mays leads Top 100 list of greatest players of all time
Seoul Series illustrates MLB's commitment to growing their brand globally
The shameful record of Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame with foreign players
Time Machine: Sumo's refusal to reform contributing to its decline
Time Machine: Remembering the infamous Mike DiMuro incident
Time Machine: Looking back on 40 years of covering Japanese baseball
Popularity of Japanese players reflects progress in race relations in America
Will Ichiro be a unanimous, first-ballot selection to the Hall of Fame?
Japanese players show increasing ability to adjust to MLB despite challenges faced
A look back at the Olympus Affair scandal
Alkonis case brought back memories of infamous Girard Incident
Demise of Sports Illustrated especially sad as it played a key role in launch of my career
Time Machine: Ghosn With The Wind
Time Machine: What would happen if a North Korean missile hit Tokyo Dome?
Increasing temperatures making it more challenging for players in MLB, NPB
Accident at Haneda Airport brings back memories of a tragic year for aviation in Japan
Ending corporal punishment in Japanese sports easier said than done