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Card Of The Week September 21
I recently learned something about one of the artifacts I saw at the Japanese Baseball Hall Of Fame last year. I saw what I thought was a plaque for Sadaharu Oh's 756 home run, but I didn't understand...
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2014 Super Star Korean Baseball Card Series 2 Box Break
I had ordered a box of the new KBO Super Star Baseball set from someone in Korea on Ebay. I paid for the cards on the sixth but the seller didn't send the cards until the tenth. The post office...
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RIP Nobuyuki Kagawa
Sad news out of Fukuoka yesterday - former Nankai Hawk Nobuyuki Kagawa has died from a heart attack at the age of 52. Kagawa was notable throughout his career for being overweight and apparently was...
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Tomoya Satozaki
The Marines held a retirement ceremony for catcher Tomoya Satozaki before a packed house in Chiba today. Satozaki was drafted in the second round by the Marines in the fall of 1998. While he played...
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Card Of The Week September 28
The Yomiuri Giants clinched the Central League Pennant for the umpteenth time this past week (note that NPB considers the first place team in each league the pennant winner even if that team does not...
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Sports Card Magazine #107
Once again, the latest issue of Sports Card Magazine (#107) has hit the street and once again through the magic of Amazon Japan and DHL shipping, I have my copy just a few days after it was in stores.I...
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Card Of The Week October 5
I recently learned something about a card I've had for years. Take a look at the 1991 BBM All Star card of Atsuya Furuta (#445):Notice anything odd about it? If it isn't obvious, it may help to know...
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Atsunori Inaba
The Fighters held a retirement ceremony for Atsunori Inaba last Sunday after their final home game of the season (unless they make it to the Nippon Series). Like they did for Tomoya Satozaki last...
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Senichi Hoshino
Senichi Hoshino managed his last game for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles yesterday, falling to the Buffaloes in ten innings 3-2. At age 67 and having suffered severe back problems this season, it's...
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Masao Kida
Masao Kida announced his retirement in late August. Kida had last made an appearance in NPB with the Fighters in 2012. He has spent the last two seasons playing for the Ishikawa Million Stars in the...
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Tomochika Tsuboi
Former Tiger, Fighter and Buffaloe Tomochika Tsuboi announced his retirement a few weeks back. Like Masao Kida, it had been a couple of years since his last appearance in NPB.Tsuboi attended Aoyama...
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Card Of The Week October 12
It was looking a bit grim today for the Orix Buffaloes in Game 2 of the First Stage of the Pacific League Climax Series. Down 4-3 in the bottom of the eighth and down one games to none to the Fighters...
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Alex Ramirez
Continuing the theme of former NPB players announcing their retirement following one or more seasons in independent baseball, former Swallow, Giant and Baystar Alex Ramirez announced his retirement a...
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October 14, 1974 - Shigeo Nagashima Retires
1974 was a transitional year for the Yomiuri Giants, although they may not have know it at the time. The Giants had won their ninth consecutive Central League pennant and Nippon Series championship in...
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Makoto Kaneko
Makoto Kaneko was a third round pick of the Fighters in the November, 1993 draft out of Joso Gakuin High School. He made his NPB debut in 1995 and became the Fighters regular second baseman in 1996....
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I decided a few years back to moderate the comments on the blog, mostly due to spam. No comment gets posted that's not approved by me. I've got the settings set to send me notifications of new...
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Card Of The Week October 19
With the Hawks defeating the Fighters yesterday, the teams for this year's Nippon Series are set - for the third time, the Hanshin Tigers will face the Hawks. The Tigers have now faced all three...
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I've gotten a little behind in reporting the upcoming sets - there are a whole bunch coming up.- BBM's annual Rookie Edition Premium set will be out late this month (I think on the 30th). As usual,...
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2015 Draft
The 2014 season hasn't quite wrapped up yet but today everyone was looking towards 2015 and the future as NPB held its draft. As usual, Deanna and Gen both live blogged the draft and Gen also has the...
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Card Of The Week October 26
Game Two of the Nippon Series was played today and Hawks starter Shota Takeda had a great game - he took a perfect game into the sixth inning before it was broken up by Keisuke Kano, pinch hitting for...
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