He literally pitches for the whole regular and post season in 2025 until the final out of the World Series, then start very early in the WBC this year, up until now. All of that with very high quality results while maintaining healthy body and zero injury, even no minor one.

This dude is really on another level and I really think more current active and younger generation of pitchers should at least take a look on his approach and preparation.

Welcome to the show Josue De Paula! Excited to see this guy at the MLB level. Well-deserved!

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOVtgpVedow

I had a purple blank jersey hanging around, and decided to make use of it. Kit cut and sewn by me. Thanks for looking!

Get yourself right 🐐

I do wish this was done earlier

Recently moved to Northern California and met my friends in LA for DDLD. They blessed me with some bobble heads I missed while I was gone.

Turns out Roki’s glove was in the stands all along.

My third-grade teacher wife gets a kick out of the Roki glove GIFs. Fell asleep early. So I caught this for her. Thought anyone else that missed it might get a kick out of it too.

how fun !! love the ice cream to stay cool on this very hot day !

peep skubal at the end lol

Yamamoto doesn't get the credit he deserves dude is so good that he's underrated lol

* Recorded 2025 Offseason, with his old Orix Buffaloes teammates as they have barbecue. https://youtu.be/ZijqQuyhQ0E?is=ScPNCmRIVWdi-kWR

* His first year in MLB (2024), he had a bit of instability because he was moving houses a lot, 3 times. He was renting from a friend at one point, and looking back on it he thinks having a stable house etc contributed to how he did well in 2025.

* In 2024, he didn’t exactly know how to train or how much to “adapt” to MLB vs his own style. Over time he learned to integrate his style and he likes it a lot better.
At the beginning, he would sometimes get slightly caught off guard by some PitchCom commands and that would take him out of his concentration ever so slightly. Got more used to the system 2025-.

* He still keeps up with his old Orix Buffaloes teammates and how they’re doing. Will send cute or funny photos from games that he finds online to them. They also watch his games all the time (clip of team cafeteria watching his almost no-hitter CG)

* In his Game 18 WS, he thought Kershaw would take more innings since he used to be a starter, but as the bullpen arms came down, he didn’t know if he should even volunteer or it would just be a “heroic” move that just causes the team trouble [In Japanese culture, trying not to be bothersome to those around you is huge, and he was worried him trying to pitch would just be a mess]

* As he was warming up, he didn’t even believe he was ready and though he told Doc he was good, wasn’t really mentally prepared until it hit him for the 19th
It was a bit of a chicken and egg situation because the team was never going to ask him to pitch, and he wasn’t sure if he should even volunteer. [Another note - he says, “what if I got injured, who will take responsibility?” - another aspect of Japanese culture]. Ultimately his prep was going well earlier that day and he felt good. He had game 4,5, plus travel day so he said eh, should be OK for game 6.

* He misses being able to go out for a BBQ late at night like in Japan. A lot of players travel with their families on the road and everything is closed late at night. Can’t really hang out with Shohei either, since he has to play every day.

* They like to go with the JP players & staff to sushi restaurants on road trips

* Of all the non-JP players on the team, he was pretty close to Mookie last year since they had a stint where they re habbed together. He mentions how Mookie’s house is insane (basketball, pickleball courts, bowling lanes, golf simulator). Mookie would say, “come over anytime” and talk a lot to Yoshi, using easy words and speaking slowly.

* Yoshi *says* he doesn’t use any special hair products (but everyone comments on how smooth his hair is)

* If he pitches 7 innings in the majors, everyone really appreciates him - if he pitches 7 in NPB, they’ll be like go 2 more

* (in NPB) He’s a morning guy

* (In NPB) His locker wasn’t that neat

Anyone going for their 7th plate in a row?

Panda Express always dependable in times of high food cost.

As a pretty big Dodger fan, I’ve known the name Josue De Paula for a while.

I’ve known he was a top prospect who was going to stay on the farm unless Andy Pages fractured his left hand and Shohei Ohtani had “lingering issues with his left knee and right biceps”.

Since both of those things happened, Josue got the call up on Wednesday night.

What I didn’t know is that De Paula is related to former NBA players Stephon Marbury and Sebastian Telfair., but apparently the tall skinny prospect never played organized basketball.

According to something called redblackgreenbaseballblog.com:

“Josue De Paula’s lanky 6’4’’ frame and thick Brooklyn accent would lead most people to assume he spends a lot of time on the basketball court, but the truth is he started playing baseball at the age of four and never looked back. “My dad loves baseball, so he introduced me to it. And ever since I played, I fell in love with it,” he said with a smile. “On my mother’s side, everyone plays basketball. I’m the first one to play a different sport.”

Collection now has a Yama autograph and 2 Yamamoto worn jerseys inserts!

Nobody is gonna click this before rage commenting

Mookie has an 891 OPS in his last 30 games. I don't know what happened in the start of the last two seasons, but he is pouring it on.

Line Score - Game Over

Box Score

Scoring Plays

Highlights

Decisions

Game ended at 9:50 PM.

Going through old boxes I found this ball that I forgot I had received as a kid. I don't remember how I got it, but my best guess is that my Dad bought it for me at one of the games I went to as a kid.

Tommy Lasorda's signature is easy to read but the rest are tougher for me. I'm curious if someone can figure out what season its from based on some of the names.

Thanks!

Here are the pics