This Week on Only A Game, a report from Japan, where the Red Sox and A’s recently opened the 2008 Major League Baseball Season. Also, an NCAA Hoops update, and the Sons of Ben Franklin declare their love for Philadelphia’s MLS squad just two short years before their first game.

 Ken Shulman made the trip to Japan to see the defending World Champs begin their title defense against the Oakland A’s.  Check out more of Ken’s photos from the Red Sox season-opening series in Tokyo, and the gala that came along with it.

The defending World Champion Red Sox just wrapped up a two game set with the Oakland A’s across the world in Japan.  Alan Klein, author of Growing the Game, says that such an international venture should be just the beginning for Major League Baseball.  Bill Littlefield reviews the book and explores the possibilities of a globalized [...]

Barry Bonds has pounded more homeruns than any other player in Major League Baseball history.  However, with the regular season all but underway, the 43 year old is still lacking employment.  Bill Littlefield believes this situation won’t change, but can’t help but imagine the endless possibilities of the slugger’s hypothetical swansong.

This week on Only A Game, early signs of madness in the NCAA and NIT Tournaments. Also, how the Cal Tech Beavers lost each of their conference games for 22 years while engineering the dammedest losing streaks imaginable, and the seasonal migration of the Blue Jays in spring.

With March Madness in full swing, it’s only fitting to talk College Hoops. With that in mind, Bill Littlefield has the review of Quantum Hoops, a film documenting Caltech Basketball.

In light of recent comments criticizing the potential boycott of this summer’s Olympic Games, Bill Littlefield got to thinking.  Would forgoing a trip to Beijing truly be the worst idea humanity ever stumbled upon?  As Bill comments, those who consider ditching the games a mortal sin may want to re-consider.

This week on Only A Game, college basketball craziness in advance of the thoroughly insane Selection Sunday. Also, St. Lawrence University shoots for their fourth Frozen Four, and Dodgertown prepares to pull up stakes in Florida after a 60 year residency.

As NCAA Selection Sunday nears, Bill Littlefield can’t resist an ode to the spring ritual of the college hoops brackets.

Bill Littlefield reviews, "South of the Color Barrier: How Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration" by John Virtue.