Max Whittle

Hey everyone! I have a new showreel, which showcases a wide array of presenting, reporting and commentary work from the last 12 months. I am very pleased with it and hope you can watch, share, comment and even consider working with me! youtu.be/3us3h60PpLw

@yakyucosmo Hey Joseph, Max Whittle here. I am filmmaker based in London. Can I get in touch via email? Thanks.

🚨 NEW PODCAST: Who is the Best Pitcher in NPB Right Now? Sato or Morishita for CL MVP? 🇯🇵 Other topics include Roki Sasaki & Tatsuya Imai’s early struggles, Hiroya Miyagi’s UCL injury, Hiroto Saiki’s newfound strikeout ability, and much more. youtu.be/Q6d7NPVf8AU?si…

@JCoskrey Hi Jason — I’m a documentary producer with Sports Illustrated working on a film about Shohei Ohtani and his development in Japan. Would love to connect if you’re open — would be great to email. Thanks!

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@yakyucosmo Hey Yuri, how are you? My name is Max Whittle, I am a filmmaker for Sports Illustrated. I would love to speak with you about an upcoming project, but I don't use X anymore. Hope we can connect!

🇯🇵⚾️ A couple of things Japanese baseball should reflect on in general following the loss to Venezuela to be eliminated from the #WorldBaseballClassic. There were many questionable decisions throughout the tournament and a 1 game sample doesn't reflect talent level. But they looked shaky at times in the pool stage and simply weren't good enough today. - The dead ball era isn't breeding a competitive environment for anybody. Pitchers like Tatsuya Imai are going to MLB, saying NPB is essentially "too easy" because no one can hit a home run off him. Pitchers can scrape by without maximizing their stuff. The majority of hitters are struggling to hit for any power and aren't adjusting well (Pull Air, non-optimal launch angles, etc). - Compared to other countries, including Korea, Japan has struggled to produce dynamic, multi-tooled players. Beyond Ohtani, the lineup had very little in the way of combining power and speed. The fact that they have to choose between pure offense vs. pure defense at multiple spots on the diamond is a problem. - NPB has been late to adopt or even consider changes from MLB/KBO (universal DH, pitch clock, pickoff limits, etc). It isn't necessary to simply copy what other leagues are doing. But going into a tournament with different rules makes it inherently harder. - Hiring managers and coaches (both NPB and national team) based on who was a legendary player does not breed innovation or new ideas. - NPB has not only shown zero willingness to do international outreach but has also actively made it harder for domestic fans to post about their favorite teams and players through archaic social media restrictions. - The posting system obviously needs reform, but in its current state, more and more players will skip NPB to start their careers stateside at the collegiate or minor league level. Even with the eligibility changes to the NPB Draft, more amateurs will be developed outside of NPB. It remains to be seen what comes of players like Rintaro Sasaki, Shotaro Morii, Genei Sato, etc, but, just as in soccer, there will come a time when the "domestic" and "foreign" cores are more isolated than ever. Long-term, we need to better understand the development upsides of each path, whether players can get the best of both worlds, and how Samurai Japan can best integrate both.

@DawnAstle9 Well deserved! 👏👏👏

My family and I had the most wonderful time at Windsor Castle today for my #MBE Investiture. From driving down The Long Walk, walking through the marvellous rooms within the castle, meeting really friendly staff who literally couldn’t do enough for you right through to to being presented my MBE by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. To have my Mum, Alastair, my son Matt and daughter Taylar with me was very special and a day none of us will ever forget. It probably sounds crazy but I even felt the presence of my lovely Dad. He may not have been with us in body but I felt he was with us, his family. Receiving this Royal Award is an incredible honour and I will always be grateful to all those who have supported us and believed in us along this journey, especially in the early days. I will always be really proud that although dementia robbed my Dad of his life far too soon, it gave us, his family, the strength and the ability to start the discussions around dementia in the game. This, and The Jeff Astle Foundation will be legacy for always. This is for you Dad 💔 @JeffAstleFdn #dementiainfootball #CTE

@nztennispodcast @fielder9 @AndyRoo_0860 It is indeed !

@fielder9 @AndyRoo_0860 @max_whittle Yeah that's the voice. Cheers Adam. Enjoy RG mate 👍

Hey @fielder9 do you know whose voice this is for did the Roland Garros highlights show for Whisper Productions-drive.google.com/file/d/1KF0KLO… apologies for the muffling sound in the background.

@theowalcott ALMOST converting new fans 👀 #IconsSeries @max_whittle

We're sensing a bond forming between the pairing of @teamginola and @patrikberger73 🥹 🎙️: @max_whittle | #IconsSeries

🥁 Introducing our presenter line-up for Reignwood Icons of Football! #IconsSeries #Golf

Icons on the course, Icons off it too! 🤩 #IconsSeries

.@GoodBadRugby great morning at the @cheltfestivals thank you @AlexPayneTV @miketindall13 @jameshaskell and @max_whittle

@Lambpie1973 @GoodBadRugby @cheltfestivals @AlexPayneTV @miketindall13 @jameshaskell Thanks for coming!

@Gloscricket 😂😂

@MaltedMet @MLBEurope @batflips_nerds Wow! Feels like a long time ago!!

@NeilDrysdale She’s brill. Did an event with us at Villa this year and was so engaging!

One of the success stories from the otherwise disappointing Euro 24 campaign was the expertise of Aberdeen's Rachel Corsie in the role of TV pundit, sitting alongside the likes of Joe Hart, Alan Shearer and David Moyes and talking tactics and psychology with a fluency (and knowledge of grammar) which eludes many of her male counterparts. Rachel, a much-travelled star for her country, has the sport in her DNA - her great-grandfather was the former Dons manager, Donald Colman, who invented the football dug-out. I think he'd be very impressed with how the former Hazlehead Academy student and RGU graduate has performed in the last couple of weeks and indeed on the pitch in the last 15-20 years (she had won 100 caps by the time she was 22!)!

@liamcarrollGB @LondonStadium @Mets @Phillies @RedSox @paul_baseball @cyclephoto110 @MLBEurope @GB_Baseball @BritishBaseball @bsuk @batflips_nerds @michaelsclair @felixwhite @jonmorosi @LaurenShehadi @DFletcherSport Inspiration!

@batflips_nerds @aimee_fuller Thanks legends ❤️❤️ see you there!

Great to see @aimee_fuller and @max_whittle get the Trafalgar Square Takeover gig again #LondonSeries

@PedroiasFace The greatest photo I ever snapped

We can only hope, make it so @max_whittle

@GianniButtice @emimartinezz1 @AVFCOfficial 🤝🤝

@max_whittle @emimartinezz1 @AVFCOfficial 👏🏼

12 months ago, @emimartinezz1 said this to me about the Champions League… “Soon” meant very soon! What a season, @AVFCOfficial. Proud to be a part of it.

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@JM_AV_CORSO He is indeed!!

He’s a believer mate 💜💙