Rising Sun and Falling Tiger | 
This episode features Patrick Newman, the founder, writer, and editor of NPB Tracker. Newman is the ‘Net’s foremost expert on Japanese baseball. Baseball Digest LIVE host Mark Healey talked to Newman about the latest crop of Japanese players that will make their debuts in the majors this year, and talk about who’s on the way. Also on tap is Mike McClary, the founder and primary voice behind The Daily Fungo, a Detroit Tigers blog, and The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. McClary, who also the Content Editor for the Tigers age on BaseballDigest.com, will talk about the team’s chances in the AL Central this season.
Topics: Daiuske Matsuzaka, Dave Dombrowski, Gary Sheffield, japan, NFB Tracker, Patrick Newman
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