on January 4th, 2009 by NPB Card Guy
This card shows Whales infielders Takeshi Miyazaki and Naofumi Yasui (I’m not sure which one’s which). I think this card is from either 1950 or 1951. The basic design of the uniform matches what the book “The History Of Uniform” has for Whales unifor…
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on December 27th, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
2009 marks the 20th Anniversary of the sale of the Hankyu Braves to the Orix Group. The team was called the Orix Braves for the next two years, then the Orix Blue Wave until after the 2004 season, when the Blue Wave and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes me…
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on December 23rd, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
BBM has announced that they will be producing a “Thank you Sadaharu Oh” memorial set. This box set will contain 89 “regular” cards plus 1 memorabilia card. The set will be in the stores on January 22 and the SRP is 3150 yen (~$35).
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on December 14th, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
Since there’s been a bunch of stuff in the news lately about this, I thought I’d show this card of Ayumi Kataoka (2007 BBM 2nd Version #737). Kataoka is an infielder for the Ibraki Golden Golds, who I think are some sort of semi-pro celebrity team (I’…
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on December 4th, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
New BBM set announced today: a commemorative box set for Hiroshima Municipal Stadium. The set features 46 cards - 3 “history cards”, 6 “victory cards”, 18 OB Carp players and 18 2008 Carp players plus one parallel/photo/autographed/memorabilia card. …
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on November 30th, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
See this card?This is a 1989 “Big League Starz” card of Cecil Fielder. There were cards of Fielder in the 1989 Calbee, Takara and Lotte sets (as well as a rumored card in the 1990 Lotte set). Those cards were all licensed by NPB and (I assume) the Ja…
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on November 24th, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
Deanna Rubin was kind enough to pick me up a set of the “Kiyohara Security System” stickers on one her recent visits to Osaka Dome (no check from company holding naming rights, no mention of their name). I got them in the mail today:Not being able to …
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on November 23rd, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
I can be remarkably stupid at times.This, I fear, comes as no great shock to anyone who knows me well. (Hmm, perhaps that sentence could be equally true without the “well”.) The latest manifestation of my stupidity involves the manager of the Orix Bu…
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on November 22nd, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
This post over at japanesebaseball.com reminded me of things that I had wondered about when I started collecting Japanese Baseball cards. So in case anyone else was wondering…1. What’s the deal with the stuffed animals?When batters for the home team…
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on November 21st, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
Alex Ramirez of the Giants and Hisashi Iwakuma of the Golden Eagles were named the Central and Pacific League MVPs this week. Here are Ramirez’s 1st Version (#025) and Iwakuma’s 2nd Version (#672) 2008 BBM cards:The Rookie Of The Year awards went to T…
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on November 13th, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
Today marks the one year anniversary of my first post. I didn’t really have any expectations about how well this would go, no real idea if I’d have any kind of audience, and no idea if I’d get tired of doing it. It’s turned out to be a lot of fun and…
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on November 11th, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
I picked up the 2008 BBM “All Japan National Team” box set the other day from someone on Ebay. This is the set for the Olympic team, but I’m guessing that for some licensing reason, BBM can’t acknowledge that. There’s 28 cards, one for each of the 24…
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on November 11th, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
OK, I’m going to pat myself on the back for a second here. When I wrote up the Yokohama 30th Anniversary set last month, I had some comments about possible future Anniversary sets that BBM could do. Well, I nailed at least one of those. On BBM’s web…
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on November 9th, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
The Saitama Seibu Lions defeated the Yomiuri Giants 3-2 today to win Game 7 and the Nippon Series. This was the Lions’ 13th championship (10th under Seibu’s ownership) and extends the Giants championship drought to at least 7 years (2002-2009). (The …
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on November 2nd, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
Lions pitcher Hideaki Wakui pitched eight innings of one hit ball and defeated the Giants 2-1 in Game One of the Nippon Series yesterday. Here’s his 2005 BBM 1st Version rookie card (#37):I’m pulling for the Lions not simply because they’re playing th…
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on November 1st, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
Giants manager Tatsunori Hara was named manager of Japan’s World Baseball Classic team last week. Hara will be replacing Sadaharu Oh, something he should be familiar with since he replaced Oh in the Giants lineup back in 1981. (The card above is from…
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on October 31st, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
The 2009 NPB Draft was held yesterday. Deanna Rubin has published the list of players drafted both here and (with pictures) here.Most of the players who were picked will have their first cards ever in the 2009 BBM Rookie Edition set, which should come…
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on October 27th, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
Just a quick note - Yakyu Shop has an overstock sale going on. No cards, but they’ve got a bunch of discounted jerseys and hats. The sale items are here. So for those of you in the States that would like some NPB wear, this might be your best bet on…
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on October 26th, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
Manager Marty Brown and the Carp have re-upped for another year. Brown made a splash in his first year as manager with the following incident:Here’s his 2007 card from the BBM 1st Version set (#361). I’m not sure anyone’s going to buy the “who me?” l…
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