During the Covid-19 pandemic, JapanBall hosted the world's largest face-to-face gatherings of English-speaking fans of Japanese baseball. It was the premier speaker series on international and Japanese baseball.
Featured guests included Miami Marlins GM Kim Ng; NPB and MLB manager Bobby Valentine; MLB executive Sandy Alderson; the scout who signed Tony Gwynn, Randy Johnson, and Ozzie Smith; and a bevy of other executives, authors, filmmakers, and former NPB players from the Yomiuri Giants, Hanshin Tigers, and the ten other NPB teams.