I got a package in the mail from
Steve Smith yesterday containing a handful of cards from Japan by way of Australia. Steve lives near Melbourne and is a big fan of the Aces - I think he spent some time working for them. Since Melbourne has been getting players from the Saitama Seibu Lions almost every season since the Australian Baseball League started back up in 2010 Steve's become a fan of the Lions as well. Steve sent me some cards he had of the Lions.
First up are two cards from the 2019 BBM Lions set that Steve is trying to complete:
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| 2019 BBM Lions #L53 |
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| 2019 BBM Lions #L01 |
Next are three cards from the 2017 Lions Fan Club set:
There were also three cards from a different Lions team issued set that was also from 2017 (which is also different than the
one 2017 Lions team issued card I got from
Ryan when I was in Tokyo):
And lastly Steve included an Australian card - it's the card for Koo Dae-Sung from
last winter's ABL set from Choice. Koo was the manager for Geelong Korea, one of the two new expansion teams in the ABL last year. Since the cards apparently went to press before the season started he is shown in a Sydney Blue Sox uniform instead of a Geelong uniform - he'd been coaching for the Blue Sox for a couple years after he retired as a player (he had also played a few seasons with Sydney). His was the only card for Geelong that actually depicted a person - the other card simply described the team.
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| 2018-19 Choice ABL #76 |
Thanks for the cards Steve! I need to put together some cards to send back to you!
