I was inspired last year by something
Night Owl Cards has been doing for a while now for Opening Day each year - he does
a post that shows a baseball card from the last year that each of the 30 MLB teams last won the World Series (not including the seven that have never won one). I decided that I could steal the idea and do it for NPB. After doing
it for the first time last year I decided I would make a tradition out of it. So here's the 2019 version:
The last time the
HAWKS won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:
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| 2018 Epoch NPB #26 |
The last time the
FIGHTERS won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:
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| 2016 BBM 1st Version #029 |
The last time the
EAGLES won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:
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| 2013 BBM Classic #057 |
The last time the
GIANTS won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:
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| 2012 Calbee #195 |
The last time the MARINES won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:
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| 2010 Bandai Owners League 04 #115 |
The last time the
LIONS won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:
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| 2008 BBM 1st Version #385 |
The last time the
DRAGONS won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:
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| 2007 Konami Baseball Heroes 3 Black Edition #B07B138 |
The last time the
SWALLOWS won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:
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| 2001 BBM #342 |
The last time the
BAYSTARS won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:
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| 1998 Future Bee Baystars #9 |
The last time the
BUFFALOES* won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:
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| 1996 Takara BlueWave #6 (So Taguchi) |
The last time the
TIGERS won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:
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| 1985 Calbee #6 (Masayuki Kakefu) |
The last time the
CARP won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:
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| 1984 Mizuno (Yoshihiko Takahashi) |
*The Buffaloes were called the BlueWave in 1996
All 12 current NPB teams have won the Series at least once so there are no "Photo Not Found" teams.
