2018 In Review - Everything else (including Korea)
Here's a summary of everything I know of that was issued in Japan by someone other than BBM, Calbee and Epoch in 2018 (plus the Korean sets):Hits issued eight of their "mini colored paper" sets this...
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2019 BBM Time Travel 1979
BBM's first set with a cover date of 2019 came out about three weeks ago. It's the third edition of their annual Time Travel set. The point of these sets is to highlight a particular year and this...
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Favorite Card Of 2018
P-Town Tom of Waiting 'til Next Year is again running a contest/challenge for bloggers to pick their favorite card of the year. I've waiting so long to decide on a card that I'm almost too late but I...
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Yusei Kikuchi Of The Seattle Mariners
Former Saitama Seibu Lions pitcher Yusei Kikuchi signed a contract with the Seattle Mariners last week. Kikuchi had originally been interested in signing directly with an MLB team out of high school...
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Card Of The Week January 6
There are currently two independent minor leagues operating in Japan - the Shikoku Island League and Baseball Challenge (BC) League. There are known baseball cards for the Shikoku Island League teams...
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Package From Ryan
As I mentioned in my previous post I got a package from Ryan yesterday. I'll be doing a number of posts about specific sets that Ryan got for me but I thought I'd start with one that just covered some...
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2018 Epoch One
I talked a little about the Epoch One cards the other day in my wrap up of 2018 for Epoch but I wanted to talk a little more in detail about the cards, especially since I got 10 of them in the package...
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More Epoch Cards From Ryan
Back when I used to collect MLB cards in the late 90's I usually bought the Topps or Fleer set every year but I'd get frustrated that there were players who weren't included in the sets. I used to...
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To Infinity...But Not Beyond
I'm pretty much a one trick pony when it comes to spectator sports - I'm really not all that interested in anything other than baseball anymore. This is especially true when it comes to trading cards...
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2018 BBM Hawks 80th Anniversary Celebration Set
I wanted to do a quick post on the BBM box set "Hawks 80th Anniversary Celebration" that Ryan picked up for me. This is a 27 card set (well 28 card really but the 28th card is a premium card) for the...
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Giants Postcards from 1976 or 1977
Ryan surprised me by including a bunch of postcards featuring Giants players in the package he sent me last week. They appear to be from the mid-1970's:Shozo DoiIsao HarimotoTsuneo HoriuchiShigeo...
View ArticleNew Cards For The New Year
There's a couple new sets that have been announced in the last couple weeks:- Epoch is putting out another "Season Achievements" team set, this time for the Eagles. This is another one of their ultra...
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2018 SCC All Star Stickers
I had a nice surprise waiting for me when I got home from work on New Year's Eve - Dan had sent me a package containing 14 packs of 2018 SCC KBO All Star stickers with the accompanying album. This...
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Card Of The Week January 13
BBM started including insert cards called "Phantom" with their team sets in 2017. These were very limited edition inserts that were serially numbered to 25 each. Each team set had between 6 and 18 of...
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2019 Hall Of Fame Class
The Japanese Baseball Hall Of Fame announced its 2019 inductees today. Longtime Chunichi Dragons infielder Kazuyoshi Tatsunami was the sole candidate on the Players Selection Committee to garner...
View ArticleFighters In Arizona, 2019 Edition
For the fourth consecutive year the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters are doing the first part of their spring camp in Arizona. Like last year it will be at Salt River Fields At Talking Stick in...
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2018 BBM Team Sets
I want to wrap up my posts about the cards I got in the latest package I got from Ryan. The bulk of what I got were all 12 of BBM's "comprehensive" team sets for 2018.To be clear - what I call a...
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Card Of The Week January 20
Brandon Laird is changing teams this offseason. After spending four seasons with the Fighters he's now a member of the Chiba Lotte Marines.Laird has a routine when he homers where he mimics making...
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Toshiya Sugiuchi
Getting back to the retirement posts...Pitcher Toshiya Sugiuchi of the Giants announced his retirement back in mid-September. Sugiuchi originally was from Kyushu - he was born in Onojo, went to high...
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Kenji Yano
Fighters outfielder Kenji Yano retired at the end of last season. Yano was a sixth round pick of the Giants out of Kokugakuin University in the 2002 NPB draft. He was a regular outfielder for the...
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