More New Stuff
Several new sets have been announced recently:- The last time I did a "new cards post" I mentioned that Sports Graphic Number was releasing a set in September featuring Hiroki Kuroda and Takahiro Arai...
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Card Of The Week August 21
I went to the Cardinals - Phillies game last Friday night up in Philadelphia. I was hoping to get a chance to see former Samsung Lion and Hanshin Tiger reliever Seung-Hwan Oh pitch for the Cardinals -...
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Variants In BBM's Flagship Sets
One of the things I've noticed when I've been leafing through Sports Card Magazine's Price Guide listing for BBM's baseball issues is that there are a number of variants listed among the flagship sets....
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Card Of The Week August 28
Thursday's game between the Eagles and Hawks took a kind of unexpected turn late in the game. The Hawks were up 5 to 4 going into the top of the ninth which is normally time for Dennis Sarfate to come...
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2016 BBM 2nd Version Set
2016 BBM 2nd Version Set SummarySize: 313 cards (cards numbered 337-600, then 12 cards of "Ceremonial First Pitch" subset are separately numbered FP01-FP13 and 36 cards for "Cross Freeze" subset are...
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Shohei Ohtani Rookie Cards
I've been asked a couple times in the past few months what Shohei Ohtani's "best" rookie card is. I find this a difficult thing to answer as the question of "best" is pretty subjective, as is what...
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1973 Calbee Book
There was a discussion between Sean and Ryan Laughton a little while back in which I learned that there was a book on the 1973 Calbee set available on Yahoo! Japan Auctions. I found the book for sale...
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Card Of The Week September 4
The battle for the Pacific League Home Run crown has been getting entertaining in the last week or so. Ernesto Mejia of the Lions and Brandon Laird of the Fighters both hit their 30th home run of the...
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I had gotten a recommendation a few momths back from Dani to try Noppin, the proxy service that she uses to order merchandise from Japan. I've tried them a couple of times now and I think it is...
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More Memories Of Uniforms - Baystars Edition
One of the new professional teams to join the Central League in its debut season of 1950 was the Taiyo Whales who played in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi. The team merged with the Shochiku Robins after the...
View ArticleThe Future Will Be In Stock
Once again I have gotten far enough behind in the new set posts that one of the sets has been released. So let's get caught up...- Hitting the stores today is the latest of BBM's Authentic Edition...
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Quick Report From Lancaster
I tweeted something about this earlier but I wanted to put it up here as well - I was at the Lancaster Barnstormers game this afternoon and I got a card autographed by former Baystars and Eagles...
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Card Of The Week September 11
The Carp clinched first place in the Central League yesterday. This is the first time that the Carp will finish the season in first since 1991. I thought I'd share a couple cards that show the...
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Seung Yeop Lee
Last week Seung Yeop Lee, currently with the Samsung Lions of the KBO and formerly with the Marines, Giants and Buffaloes in NPB, hit his 600th career home run between the two leagues:Lee joined the...
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Card Of The Week September 18
The Shikoku Island League was the first independent minor league in Japan. It started up in 2005. While there's been sets issued for each team over the years (in a similar manner to how US minor...
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Recent Box Sets
I mentioned the other day that I had gotten a package from Ryan the other day. Among the goodies were four recent box sets - well, I say "recent' but most of them were actually from late 2015 - early...
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Card Of The Week September 25
The Yokohama DeNA Baystars clinched a playoff spot last week, This is the first time that the Baystars have made the Climax Series since the Central League adopted the playoff format in 2007. The...
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Sports Card Magazine #119
Sports Card Magazine #119 was published in Japan yesterday and by way of Amazon Japan and DHL I had my copy today. Here's the summary:Color Section:- Three page overview of the cards available for...
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2011 Bandai Owners League 04 Box Break
I recently picked up a box of 2011 Bandai Owners League 04 from a seller on Amazon.com - and in this case I do mean the US Amazon.com. Jay Shelton had been telling me for a while that these were...
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Card Of The Week October 2
The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters clinched the Pacific League pennant last Wednesday behind the outstanding pitching of Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani threw a complete game, 1 hit shutout of the Lions to give...
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