NPB Card Guy
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American fan of Japanese Baseball cards. My blog is
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/
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Quick summary of the former NPB players filling the new "Asian Quota" slot on KBO teams this year
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KBO Asian Quota Players
I had heard that the KBO had introduced an "Asian Quota" slot to their team's rosters this season - a player from another Asian country (bas...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/04/kbo-asian-quota-players.html
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Mail Day! Another batch of cards from Zippy Zappy!
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More Cards From Kenny
When I emailed Kenny (Zippy Zappy) a few weeks ago to thank him for the cards he'd sent me , he replied with a promise that another envelop...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/04/more-cards-from-kenny.html
4 days ago
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Card Of The Week - last Tuesday Shugo Maki of the Baystars again celebrated his birthday by hitting a home run
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Card Of The Week April 26
Last Tuesday was Shugo Maki of the Baystars' 28th birthday and he celebrated the same way he had two other times in his career - he hit a ho...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/04/card-of-week-april-26.html
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I recently learned that something I thought was impossible was actually doable - you can redeem an "exchange card" from BBM for an autograph from outside of Japan
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They Said It Couldn't Be Done
OK, to be honest, "they" in this case is "me". "It" is redeeming an "exchange card" for an autograph that was pulled from a box of Japanese...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/04/they-said-it-couldnt-be-done.html
8 days ago
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Mail day! Another Zippy Zapping from Japan
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Cards From Kenny
On Saturday, I received another envelope that Kenny (aka Zippy Zappy) was kind enough to send me from Japan. As I always say, I'm not sure...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/04/cards-from-kenny.html
12 days ago
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Card Of The Week - Chusei Mannami is leading NPB in home runs and I discovered a couple of his cards use the same photo
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Card Of The Week April 19
I trying to decide on a topic for this week's "Card Of The Week" and I noticed that Chusei Mannami had hit his league-leading eight home run...
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14 days ago
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A roundup of NPB set announcements from the last month or so
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Team Sets Galore!
I feel like I blink and a month has passed since the last time I did a round up of new set announcements . There's been a bunch of new anno...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/04/team-sets-galore.html
15 days ago
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Amazing Free At Noon from
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with a solo acoustic show from Bleachers
16 days ago
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16 days ago
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19 days ago
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Card Of The Week - a couple interesting pitching-related events last week
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Card Of The Week April 12
I wanted to highlight two things that happened this past week in NPB. I decide to use Epoch One cards for both events. On Tuesday, pitcher ...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/04/card-of-week-april-12.html
20 days ago
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Retirement post for Sho Nakata
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21 days ago
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If you see this drop a hero with a sword
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23 days ago
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Dan Immergluck
25 days ago
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Card Of The Week - Haruki Hosono of the Fighters threw a no-hitter last week
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Card Of The Week April 5
Last Tuesday, Haruki Hosono of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters no-hit the Chiba Lotte Marines up in Sapporo. He struck out 12 and threw 12...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/04/card-of-week-april-5.html
27 days ago
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Retirement post for Hirokazu Sawamura
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29 days ago
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Retirement post for Shingo Kawabata
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about 1 month ago
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Card Of The Week - a couple guys had good Opening Weekends in both MLB and NPB
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about 1 month ago
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If you see this, post a concert photo you took.
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about 1 month ago
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Got some Australian cards of Japanese players in the mail this week
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Japanese Brisbane Bandits Cards
I got a package in the mail the other day from my friend Steve Smith* in Australia. Steve was kind enough to send me the cards of the three...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/03/japanese-brisbane-bandits-cards.html
about 1 month ago
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Share a magazine cover you love.
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about 1 month ago
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Munetaka Murakami is currently on pace for 162 home runs
about 1 month ago
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My annual NPB Opening Day post using an idea from
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Play Ball! (2026)
I'm continuing my Opening Day tradition of doing a post showing a baseball card from the last year that each of the 12 NPB teams won the Nip...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/03/play-ball-2026.html
about 1 month ago
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Jason Coskrey
about 1 month ago
It's that time again.
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Toyota G's Japanese Baseball Commercial
YouTube video by The AstroNerdBoy
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What's the oldest BBM flagship set with an active NPB player?
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Oldest BBM Set With An Active NPB Player - 2026 Edition
Time for another one of my Opening Day traditions - which is the oldest BBM flagship set to have a currently active NPB player (where "activ...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/03/oldest-bbm-set-with-active-npb-player.html
about 1 month ago
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My annual post about which players are close to getting in the Meikyukai (with "close" being a relative term)
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Upcoming Milestones
With Opening Day 2026 arriving shortly, it's time to roll out my now-traditional post about which players are approaching the career milesto...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/03/upcoming-milestones.html
about 1 month ago
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Card of the Week - found a cool looking old Calbee card but it’s pricier than I’d like
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Card Of The Week March 22
A few weeks back, I was thumbing through my copy of the 1973 Calbee book , looking for cards depicting the Nittaku Home Flyers , when I came...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/03/card-of-week-march-22.html?m=0
about 1 month ago
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Quick post about the members of Samurai Japan and Korea who had Topps Now WBC cards this year
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2026 Topps Now WBC Cards
With the WBC wrapping up last night, Topps has put their final Topps Now cards for the tournament up for sale. I'm a bit surprised at how f...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/03/2026-topps-now-wbc-cards.html
about 2 months ago
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How did BBM celebrate the 3000th issue of Shukan Baseball in 2010
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Shukan Baseball 3000
A few months back, BBM published a set that celebrated both their 35th year of producing baseball cards and the 4000th issue of Shukan Baseb...
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about 2 months ago
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Long Journey Home
YouTube video by CuddyMcCann
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about 2 months ago
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Went to elementary school in Silicon Valley in the 1970's. We had a field trip to Alcatraz when I was in sixth grade
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about 2 months ago
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Card Of The Week - the other two offensive stars (besides Ohtani) in Samurai Japan's loss last night
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about 2 months ago
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My man!
about 2 months ago
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Another round up of recently announced sets
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Calbee And More Team Sets
It's only been two weeks since the last time I did a round up of new set announcements but I figured that it'd be a good time to do another...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/03/calbee-and-more-team-sets.html
about 2 months ago
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Saxsquatch sighting in Ardmore
about 2 months ago
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Retirement post for Hisayoshi Chono
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about 2 months ago
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Sabra K
about 2 months ago
This cause is close to my heart - please sign:
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NO warehouses for ICE detention centers!
The Department of Homeland Security has a disturbing history of creating unsafe conditions for people being detained. Last summer, hundreds of people faced potential diseases from swarms of mosquitoes...
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Card Of The Week - Alfredo Despaigne is playing in his fifth WBC and Masataka Yoshida homered in front of the Emperor, causing
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to ask if he was the first Japanese player to do it since Nagashima in 1959
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about 2 months ago
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Retirement post for Fumihito Haraguchi
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about 2 months ago
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Epoch has released some Samurai Japan Epoch One cards covering the team's recent exhibition (aka WBC warm-up) games
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2026 Epoch One Samurai Japan Cards
I had an email exchange with Ryan today and he alerted me to the fact that Epoch had issued some Epoch One cards for Samurai Japan . There...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/03/2026-epoch-one-samurai-japan-cards.html
about 2 months ago
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The first Topps Now cards for the WBC are on sale
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Topps Now World Baseball Classic Cards
The World Baseball Classic kicked off today and, for the third time, Topps is issuing Topps Now cards for it. So far there are only three c...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/03/topps-now-world-baseball-classic-cards.html
about 2 months ago
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2026 Samurai Japan World Baseball Classic roster on cards
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2 months ago
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Card Of The Week - showing off some autographed cards of members of the 2026 Samurai Japan team
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2 months ago
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Latest roundup of newly announced NPB baseball card sets
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Almost Spring
After several weeks of frigid temperatures and yet another snowfall last weekend, we're finally seeing signs of spring here in the mid-Atlan...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/02/almost-spring.html
2 months ago
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Mavis Staples is a god damn national treasure
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2 months ago
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Retirement post for Oh Seung-hwan
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Oh Seung-hwan
I have a list of about eight or nine players who retired as of the end of last season that I've been meaning to get around to doing posts ab...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/02/oh-seung-hwan.html
2 months ago
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The Nittaku Home Flyers only existed for about ten months but left a uniform legacy that everyone seems to remember
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The Nittaku Home Flyers
2003 BBM Fighters #102 The NPB subreddit today had a post about the seven different uniforms that the Nittaku Home Flyers wore during the ...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-nittaku-home-flyers.html
2 months ago
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Five authors, at least five books: Tim Powers Harry Turtledove
@hntdove.bsky.social
Rob Fitts
@banzaibaberuth.bsky.social
Rob Neyer
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Robert J Sawyer
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2 months ago
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Card Of The Week - Some Shukan Baseball cover baseball cards from the 2003 BBM Fighters set
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2 months ago
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