163 | Koshien is Baseball's Version of March Madness

Talkin' Baseball (MLB Podcast)

Jomboy Media

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Koshien: Japan's Field of Dreams is a documentary airing on ESPN Monday, June 29 about Japan's annual high school tournament. Japanese legends like Masahiro Tanaka, Shohei Ohtani, Hideki Matsui, and Ichiro, among others, have all turned in dominant and historic performances at Koshien. We talked to director Ema Ryan Yamazaki about the history of the tournament, the making of the documentary, the way baseball is beloved in Japan, and the Japanese stars playing in MLB today.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Talking Baseball.
0:05.0	We've got a unique and interesting and really fun interview for you coming up today.
0:10.0	Let's do it!
0:26.0	What's going on everybody? Welcome back to Talking Baseball.
0:29.0	My name is Jimmy and sitting next to me is Jake.
0:32.0	Producer, BBD's in the corner. Trevor is not with us today.
0:37.0	He is enjoying the Santa Barbara Sun and Sand for his Father's Day retreat.
0:47.0	So, just Jake and I, but we do have an interview that we recorded yesterday and we are excited about.
0:51.0	Tell him what's it on, Jake. Tell him how you're doing.
0:55.0	Hi Jim. Hey.
0:59.0	We interviewed Emma Yamazaki.
1:03.0	Nice. She was the, did you just say producer, the filmmaker, director?
1:08.0	Director of Co-Scheon.
1:11.0	And I always, honestly, you want to know, I have a friend named Jo-Scheon.
1:20.0	And I just, my brain just leaps there instantly every time I say it.
1:26.0	You're right. Say it again.
1:28.0	Which one? Jo-Scheon?
1:30.0	Co-Scheon.
1:31.0	Co-Scheon.
1:32.0	You're saying it good.
1:33.0	You're saying it a little different yesterday.
1:34.0	I was struggling because I was thinking about Jo-Scheon most of the time.
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