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2019 BBM Rookie Edition
BBM released Rookie Edition, their annual draft pick set, a couple weeks ago. I have long ago run out of interesting things to say about this set every year so I'll stick with the basics - it's got a...
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Card Of The Week March 3
I complain about the photos in BBM's Rookie Edition set each year but every so often there's a photo that stands out for being goofier than the others. The goofiest one this year is for Yuya Katayama...
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2018 BBM Hawks History Cross Set Subset
BBM has done some sort of cross set subset, usually with at least the 1st and 2nd Version sets, almost every year since 2010. These subsets contain active players and they have some theme like "Cross...
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Card Of The Week March 10
After losing to Mexico 4-2 yesterday, Samurai Japan shutout the visiting Mexicans 6-0 today in the final game of the two game "friendly" series played in Osaka this weekend. Masataka Yoshida of the...
View ArticleMarch/April Releases
Here's a quick roundup of some sets that will be released over next six weeks or so:- BBM's annual Icons box set will be released in late March. The theme this year is "Teenage Memories" which sounds...
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Chang-Yong Lim
Longtime KBO, NPB and MLB pitcher Chang-Yong Lim announced his retirement earlier this week. Lim had begun his 24 year career with the Haitai Tigers of the KBO back in 1995. After four seasons with...
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RIP Leroy Stanton
Sad news this week - former MLB and NPB outfielder Leroy Stanton died in a car crash at age 72. Stanton originally came up in the Mets organization and was dealt to the Angels in the 1971-72 offseason...
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Card Of The Week March 17
Tsuyoshi Nishioka and the Hanshin Tigers parted ways after last season. Nishioka attended the "12 Team Tryout" in November but he didn't get any offers. He's not ready to hang up his spikes yet,...
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Wait...What?
Speaking of Tsuyoshi Nishioka...Jason Coskrey of the Japan Times mentioned something interesting on this week's episode of the Japan Baseball Weekly podcast. Podcast host John E. Gibson had...
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2004 BBM Chiba Lotte Marines Toppo set
I got an email the other day from Dan. Well actually it was a group email sent to myself, Jason and Ryan. Dan had picked up a BBM card of Seung-Yeop Lee from 2004 and was having difficulty...
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1973/74 Calbee "Exciting Game Series"
The last of the 10 series that Calbee issued their 1973/74 set in appears to labeled something along the lines of "Exciting Game Series". There were 72 cards issued in this series which were numbered...
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Ichiro
It's not exactly breaking news that Ichiro announced his retirement on Thursday following the Mariners game against the Athletics at the Tokyo Dome that night. I've done a couple posts dedicated to...
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Card Of The Week March 24
I'm not a big fan of memorabilia cards but sometimes I can't resist something really cool. I recently picked up this "Relic Combo" card from last year's Topps Triple Threads Baseball set (#WBC-SYT):
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Blog Bat Around - My Projects - Updated
Just about a year ago I took part in a Blog Bat Around started by Night Owl Cards about the various card projects I was attempting to complete. I thought I'd do a quick update on how those projects...
View ArticleSpring Releases
Thought I'd do a quick post on the recently announced sets that will be released over the next two months.- The Heisei Era is scheduled to come to a close in a little over a month and BBM is...
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Play Ball! (2019)
I was inspired last year by something Night Owl Cards has been doing for a while now for Opening Day each year - he does a post that shows a baseball card from the last year that each of the 30 MLB...
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RIP Akihito Kondoh
Akihito Kondoh, who manned second base for the Taiyo Whales in the 1960's, passed away this past week at age 80. Kondoh signed with the Whales after graduating from Waseda University and made his...
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Card Of The Week March 31
Opening Day for NPB was Friday and three of the six games that day went extra innings. All three were won on walk offs by the home team (it would be very unusual to have a walk off by the visiting...
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2019 Panini USA Baseball Stars & Stripes Japanese Collegiate All Stars
A couple weeks ago Panini issued a set for USA Baseball called "Stars & Stripes". Normally this isn't something I'd be paying much attention to but Panini included autograph and memorabilia cards...
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Card Of The Week April 7
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles manager Yosuke Hiraishi had to get kind of creative today in their game against the Orix Buffaloes. The Eagles were down 5-1 in the seventh inning when he pinch hit for...
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