Comments for jballallen.com https://jballallen.com writing & research on Japanese baseball Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:12:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 Comment on Why is NPB so bad at adapting by Jim Allen https://jballallen.com/why-is-npb-so-bad-at-adapting/#comment-217962 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:12:21 +0000 https://jballallen.com/?p=17678#comment-217962 In reply to Bob Whiting.

Japan works together only in those rare instances when it is life and death, and someone with a powerful message like Sakamoto Ryoma or Ikeda Hayato is there to convince the parties involved to cut the crap and move forward.

]]> Comment on Why is NPB so bad at adapting by Bob Whiting https://jballallen.com/why-is-npb-so-bad-at-adapting/#comment-217961 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:27:58 +0000 https://jballallen.com/?p=17678#comment-217961 Good column
Reminds me of Frank Gibneys observation
“Japan is a country that travels at 35 miles per hour”

]]> Comment on It’s all in the details by Jim Allen https://jballallen.com/its-all-in-the-details/#comment-217960 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:23:07 +0000 https://jballallen.com/?p=17634#comment-217960 In reply to Robert Whiting.

Thanks Bob.

]]> Comment on It’s all in the details by Robert Whiting https://jballallen.com/its-all-in-the-details/#comment-217959 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:15:50 +0000 https://jballallen.com/?p=17634#comment-217959 Great piece Jim,

]]> Comment on Japan’s left-side story by Japan’s trouble with power | jballallen.com https://jballallen.com/japans-left-wing/#comment-217958 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:49:26 +0000 https://jballallen.com/?p=2022#comment-217958 […] How Japan’s left-handed hitting profile differs from MLB’s […]

]]> Comment on Blowback, bad breaks and Friday’s games by Jim Allen https://jballallen.com/blowback-bad-breaks-and-fridays-games/#comment-217957 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:40:43 +0000 https://jballallen.com/?p=17557#comment-217957 In reply to Trevor Raichura.

Yes, of course. Pardon the senior moment.

]]> Comment on Blowback, bad breaks and Friday’s games by Trevor Raichura https://jballallen.com/blowback-bad-breaks-and-fridays-games/#comment-217956 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:12:45 +0000 https://jballallen.com/?p=17557#comment-217956 Shota, not Masato Morishita!

]]> Comment on Inside out by Jeff https://jballallen.com/inside-out/#comment-217824 Fri, 11 Jul 2025 11:48:36 +0000 https://jballallen.com/?p=17220#comment-217824 Your story of the IBF being asked to intervene (for facing saving) has deep historical roots. During the Sengoku period, sometimes daimyos wanted a truce but could not publicly say it. So in come cases, decent sums of money were paid to the Japanese court and the emperor would ask that a deal be reached. Thus both sides would then show their respect to the emperor and a truce would begin. Funny how things change.. Some things stay the same.

]]> Comment on Japan’s sound of silence by Jim Allen https://jballallen.com/japans-sound-of-silence/#comment-217822 Wed, 09 Jul 2025 01:02:23 +0000 https://jballallen.com/?p=17218#comment-217822 In reply to Robert Whiting.

High praise. Thank you.

]]> Comment on Japan’s sound of silence by Robert Whiting https://jballallen.com/japans-sound-of-silence/#comment-217821 Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:32:18 +0000 https://jballallen.com/?p=17218#comment-217821 Nice piece Jim.
i wish i’d written it,

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