ABG Events and Media Reviews/Appearances



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The Running List

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 (noon eastern, 1 a.m. JST the following day) – Tony conducted a live Reddit AMA for r/NPB (Aaron participated too), which has been archived

Monday, September 23, 2024 – Having Read That w/ KSCJ 94.9’s Brian Vakulskas

Saturday, September, 21, 2024 – Book signing and presentation at The Open Book Topanga

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 – Jocelyn Anderson’s Q&A for UC Davis Magazine: “Alum Tells Baseball Player’s Uplifting Story”

Monday, September 16, 2024 – SABR’s Clyde Sukeforth chapter’s September meeting w/ Bruce McClure and company

Saturday, September 7, 2024 – Book signing at San Manuel Stadium

Monday, August 26, 2024 – Tony’s “Japan Baseball Weekly” podcast appearance w/ John E. Gibson and Jim Allen

Friday, August 23, 2024 – Sports Overnight America w/ Fred Wallin, Laura Snoke & Art Sorce

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 – Tony’s “Winning the Moment” interview w/ Cody Adent

Tuesday, August 13, 2024 – Baseball vs. the World w/ Javier Reyes (Tony and Aaron both appear)

Saturday, August 10, 2024 – SABR’s Rogers Horsnby chapter’s August meeting w/ Gilbert Martinez and meeting attendees

Wednesday, August 7, 2024 – 101.5 UMFM’s “Turning Pages” w/ Michael Elves

Saturday, August 3, 2024 – The K.P. Wee Podcast w/ K.P. and Stan Markotich

Friday, August 2, 2024 – Tony’s “Baseball Together” podcast appearance

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 – Tony’s “Mound Visit With Jason Grilli” interview

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 – The Sports Animal ESPN Radio 97.1 Tulsa/96.1 Grand Lake

Monday, July 29, 2024 – Carter Cromwell’s review for JapanBall

Friday, July 19, 2024 – Ed Odeven’s JAPAN Forward piece, “Aaron Fischman Shares Insights on His New Book About Persevering Pitcher Tony Barnette”

Friday, July 19, 2024 – Baseball Together podcast w/ Brig Berthold & Brad Curnow

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 – Rich Tenorio’s piece for the Guardian, A Baseball Gaijin: an American Pitcher’s Journey to Japan and Back Again

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 – Tony’s “MLB Hall of (pretty) Good” interview w/ Mike Santos

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 – Tony’s “Breaking Bats” interview w/ Justin Ayers (starts at 41:06 mark)

Monday, July 15, 2024 – In This Corner with JD: Sports Writers Talk Sports Writing w/ John Doyle

Monday, July 15, 2024 – “Shinjuku’s Guardian Angel – The Story of Tony Barnette” (Tony’s story featured on the YouTube channel “Gaijin Baseball”)

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 – WKNY’s Radio Kingston w/ Warren Lawrence & Dan

Tuesday, July 2, 2024 – Sports Byline USA’s “Titillating Sports” w/ Rick Tittle

Monday, July 1, 2024 – The 40-40 Vision Podcast w/ Khaled Abdallah

Monday, July 1, 2024 – The Twin Bill podcast interview w/ Scott Bolohan

Friday, June 7, 2024 – New Books in Sports podcast interview w/ Paul Knepper

Saturday, June 1, 2024 – Book signing at Excite Ballpark

BIO

Aaron Fischman is a sports writer, editor and multimedia journalist, who currently hosts the On the NBA Beat podcast, a weekly interview show he co-founded with fellow USC alums Loren Lee Chen and brother Joshua Fischman in advance of the 2015-16 NBA season. On the podcast, he and the crew interview some of the league’s best reporters on their particular beat. Fischman is currently spreading the word on his first book, an uplifting nonfiction Japanese baseball story. Read more.