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2015 Eagles Team Issued Cards
I recently picked up a handful of cards from the 2015 Eagles team issued set. I had picked up some cards from the "Memorial Uniform" subset from this set a few months back but these were the first of...
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Hirokazu Ibata
Another in the long parade of players who retired at the end of the 2015 season was Giants infielder Hirokazu Ibata. Ibata was drafted by the Dragons in the fifth round of the 1997 NPB draft (Kenshin...
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Atori Ohta of the San Diego Padres
Baystars senryokugai pitcher Atori Ohta has signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres. Ohta was drafted in the third round of the 2007 NPB draft out of Teikyo High School. He has spent...
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Byung-Ho Park of the Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins won the posting auction* for Nexen Heroes outfielder Byung-Ho Park last month and signed him to a contract this past week. I thought I'd do a quick post on what legitimate cards of...
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Card Of The Week December 6
Today is December 7 which of course is the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. I was surprised a few years ago (although I don't know why it hadn't occurred to me that it was likely)...
View ArticleLatest New Stuff
A couple new sets have been announced in the last few weeks:- 2016 will mark the 80th Anniversary of the Dragons and BBM is sneaking out an Anniversary set this month. This will be a pack based set...
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Yoshinobu Takahashi
Giants outfielder Yoshinobu Takahashi retired at the end of the 2015 season after being offered the team managerial position following Tatsunori Hara's resignation. Takahashi was the number one pick...
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Card Of The Week December 13
Last week Hisashi Iwakuma, most recently with the Mariners but previously with the Buffaloes and Eagles in the Pacific League, signed a three year deal with the Dodgers. Here's his "Team Hero" insert...
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2015 KBO "Baseball Best Player" set
I picked up a box of the latest KBO product from Duael Entertainment (at least I think that's the name that the manufacturer used to go by but it may have changed to SMG Holdings or maybe SMG bought...
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Masahiro Yamamoto
Rounding out the list of players who retired at the end of the 2015 season is Masahiro Yamamoto, long time pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons. Yamamoto was drafted in the fifth round of the fall 1983...
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Card Of The Week December 27
The Padres named Andy Green as their new manager back in October. Green most recently was on the Diamondbacks coaching staff but before that he managed in Arizona's minor league system. His playing...
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Hyun-Soo Kim of the Baltimore Orioles
Last week the Orioles signed former Doosan Bears outfielder Hyun-Soo Kim to a two year contract. I haven't seen too many of his cards showing up on Ebay yet, at least not legitimate ones, so I thought...
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Tony Barnette of the Texas Rangers
Thought I'd do a "New Import" post for Tony Barnette even though he's returning to North America, not going there for the first time. I figured that since he hadn't played in the majors prior to going...
View Article2015 In Review - BBM
It's time to do my annual recap of what sets were released in the past year. Ryan stole my thunder a bit last week but it's all good.First up - BBM. BBM did 42 sets this year, which may sound like a...
View Article2015 In Review - Calbee
Continuing the review of the 2015 Japanese card releases...As has been standard since 2002, Calbee released their cards in three Series this year. There were 103 cards in Series One, 100 cards in...
View Article2015 In Review - Other Card Companies
There were 14 card sets issued by companies other than BBM or Calbee this past year. This is down quite a bit from the 19 that were issued last year.The main reason for the drop off can be attributed...
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Card Of The Week January 3
I'm late on reporting this but a month ago Norichika Aoki signed a one year deal with the Mariners. Seattle will be the former Swallow's four MLB team after the Brewers (2012-13), Royals (2014) and...
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Kenta Maeda Of The Los Angeles Dodgers
Kenta Maeda has signed with the Dodgers, following the path his Carp teammate Hiroki Kuroda took to the majors. Maeda was the first round pick of the Carp in the high school portion of the fall 2006...
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Tigers Team issued Sets
I recently picked up some cards from two team issued sets for the Hanshin Tigers. From looking at posts on The Hanshin Tigers English News website (a great site that I need to explore some more), it...
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