Comments for jballallen.com https://jballallen.com writing & research on Japanese baseball Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:43:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 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,

]]> Comment on Baseball thinking, neurodiversity and Japan by Jeff https://jballallen.com/baseball-thinking-neurodiversity-and-japan/#comment-217800 Tue, 17 Jun 2025 19:54:08 +0000 https://jballallen.com/?p=17140#comment-217800 Thanks for sharing, I appreciate the perspective.

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]]> Comment on Roki Sasaki’s future uncertainty by base blasters https://jballallen.com/roki-sasakis-future-uncertainty/#comment-217707 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:48:10 +0000 https://jballallen.com/?p=16344#comment-217707 Interesting breakdown—Sasaki’s move feels like a mix of business, loyalty, and shifting baseball dynamics.

]]> Comment on Unemployed: Day 1 by Jay Urban https://jballallen.com/unemployed-day-1/#comment-217662 Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:23:57 +0000 https://jballallen.com/?p=16601#comment-217662 Jim, you sound depressed. Don’t be. You just got me, a new subscriber….that’s worth something! Want to hang out and grab a beer? Baseball is right around the corner! College baseball starts the weekend of the 14th and I have youtube tv so we can watch .

]]> Comment on Your Hall of Fame ballot by Daniel Evans https://jballallen.com/your-hall-of-fame-ballot/#comment-217559 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:44:23 +0000 https://jballallen.com/?p=16480#comment-217559 I’d have Ichiro, Kaz Matsui, Abe, Iguchi, Ogasawara, Johjima, Rhodes.

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