The NPR sports program (an apparent oxymoron, I know) Only a Game, has a nice story (audio) on Japanese baseball. It covers some of the differences between the U.S. and Japanese fans and game including practice and training, the A’s/Red Sox series, Matsuzaka, and the view of MLB in Japan.  There’s also a second story about international baseball and future possibilities.

I know that Edward discussed Japanese baseball in this week’s podcast and it reflected well my experiences at games here. It is definitely different than going to an MLB game in the U.S. I’ll give my blog a shameless plug since I wrote a post on Japanese baseball with photos from some games I attended last year (go Carp!).

This weekend I had my fantasy baseball draft with my friends from back home (I got Hideki Matsui and Kosuke Fukudome). I’m curious: does fantasy baseball exist in Japan? If so, is it popular?