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American fan of Japanese Baseball cards. My blog is
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New Import post for Tatsuya Imai of the Houston Astros
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My latest Zippy-Zappying
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First Zippy Zappy-ing Of The New Year
Kenny - aka Zippy Zappy - had given me a heads up a few weeks back that there was a new envelope on its way across the Pacific to me and it...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/01/first-zippy-zappy-ing-of-new-year.html
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Card Of The Week - Kona Takahashi will return to the Lions for 2026 so one half of "Team Long Hair" will remain in Tokorozawa
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Card Of The Week January 4
Kona Takahashi's posting window closes this afternoon but apparently the Lions right-handed pitcher has been unhappy with the offers he's re...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/01/card-of-week-january-4.html
3 days ago
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It's National Science Fiction Day. Quote-post with one or more of your favorite books.
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5 days ago
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5 days ago
The SABR Baseball Cards and SABR Asian Baseball Research Committees are joining forces to bring you a biggie! Click the link for more info. cc:
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The Japanese Baseball Card Industry. January 28, 8:30 EST Zoom talk with Tatsuo Shinke, CEO of MINT Sports Cards in Japan
Please join SABR’s Asian Baseball and Baseball Card Research Committees as we host Tatsuo Shinke on Wednesday, January 28 at 8:30 pm EST. Mr. Shinke will discuss the current state of baseball…
https://sabrasianbaseball.com/2026/01/02/the-japanese-baseball-card-industry-january-28-830-est-zoom-talk-with-tatsuo-shinke-ceo-of-mint-sports-cards-in-japan/
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Munetaka Murakami's Samurai Japan cards
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Munetaka Murakami Samurai Japan Cards
I had mentioned when I did my "New Import" post for Munetaka Murakami that I had a lot of Epoch One and Samurai Japan cards for him. I did...
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6 days ago
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No cheating. Reskeet with the most recent picture of your pet
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A thread of some of the concerts that
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and I were fortunate enough to attend in 2025. Here's James McMurtry and Betty Soo at Elkton Music Hall in March
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Didn’t start using StoryGraph until April but getting a graphic of what I read and then with them in 2025 is kind of cool
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In Memoriam 2025
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In Memoriam 2025
2000 BBM 20th Century Best 9 #T-06 I've seen a couple posts on Bluesky and other places, giving a list of the baseball players who passed ...
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Last of the 2025 Reviews - all the NPB card sets that weren't from BBM, Calbee, Epoch or Topps plus some KBO issues
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2025 In Review - Everything Else (Including Korea)
I'm finishing up my review of 2025's card releases in Japan (and Korea) with everything that wasn't done by BBM, Epoch, Calbee or Topps. Bus...
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2025 In Review - Epoch
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2025 In Review - Epoch
There weren't many surprises with Epoch's card sets in 2025. They issued 18 sets, one fewer than they had in 2024 - although two of these s...
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2025 In Review - Topps
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2025 In Review - Topps
It was pretty much business as usual for Topps with their NPB products in 2025. For the third straight year, they issued four sets but they...
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Card Of The Week - there will be three new managers in NPB in 2026
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Card Of The Week December 28
There will be three teams under new field management in 2026. The Chiba Lotte Marines will be managed by Saburo*, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows...
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All of my Munetaka Murakami Epoch One cards
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2025 In Review - Calbee
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2025 In Review - Calbee
Calbee's 2025 output was unfortunately much the same as their 2023 and 2024 output. Once again, Calbee issued their "flagship" set in only ...
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2025 In Review - BBM
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2025 In Review - BBM
BBM increased their number of baseball (or primarily baseball) sets from 27 in each of the past two years to 32 in 2025. It was the highest...
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12 days ago
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Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox
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You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you? Might be ok, might not
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DJ Robert Drake
16 days ago
Just a reminder to join me for my 33rd annual takeover of
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Card Of The Week - RIP Mike Campbell
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Card Of The Week December 21
Last week, former MLB pitcher Mike Campbell suffered a heart attack and passed away at age 61 . Campbell had been drafted in the first roun...
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First 2026 NPB set announcements
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2026 Is Almost Here
Every year around now I suddenly realize that there's only a handful of days left before the new year. Part of what causes this epiphany is...
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Enjoy yourself. It’s later than you think
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RIP Nobuhiro Takashiro
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RIP Nobuhiro Takashiro
As I mentioned yesterday, former Nippon-Ham Fighter Nobuhiro Takashiro passed away last week from esophageal cancer at age 71. Takashiro ha...
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RIP Hiroaki Inoue
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RIP Hiroaki Inoue
Two retired NPB players passed away last week - Hiroaki Inoue on Tuesday and Nobuhiro Takashiro on Wednesday. Despite there being an ten ye...
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Card Of The Week - former Marines pitcher Ayumu Ishikawa is Honkbal bound
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Card Of The Week December 14
The Twins Oosterhout of the Netherlands' Honkbal Hoofdklasse announced this weekend that they had signed former Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher ...
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Curious if there were any reciprocal pairs of artists on the list who covered each other’s stuff?
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There were a couple surprise releases and/or announcements of NPB cards last week
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A Couple Surprises
I was away for work last week when I learned about a couple new items that I hadn't been expecting so here's a quick post to get us all up-t...
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Programming in BASIC, FORTRAN, Pascal, ADA and Lisp. Developing Motif applications for X Windows. GUI development on Apollo workstations. How to access display memory on Commodore computers.
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Card Of The Week - two former NPB pitchers signed with MLB teams this past week
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Card Of The Week December 7
Two now former NPB pitchers signed deals with MLB teams last week. Cody Ponce, who had three mediocre seasons in Japan with the Fighters (2...
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about 1 month ago
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Quick post about a Rich Gossage autograph card in this year’s Topps NPB Chrome set
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Rich Gossage
I had mentioned a while back that Topps had included autographed cards of Rich Gossage into a couple of their NPB products. To the best of...
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Card Of The Week - Kenta Maeda is returning to Japan and NPB
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Card Of The Week November 30
Last week, Kenta Maeda officially returned to Japan and NPB after ten seasons in North America playing for the Dodgers, Twins and Tigers as ...
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about 1 month ago
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Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild: Orca Kangaroo Bison Pronghorn Banana Slug
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2025 NPB Award Winners
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2025 Award Winners
NPB announced their major award winners for 2025 a few days ago and Livan Moinelo of the Hawks and Teruaki Sato of the Tigers were the MVPs ...
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Last time they all played together. Happy Thanksgiving!
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The Last Waltz (1978) - Don't Do It Scene (1/7) | Movieclips
YouTube video by Movieclips
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Baba O’Riley, The Who, Who’s Next Talking’ ‘bout A Revolution, Tracy Chapman Badlands, Bruce Springsteen, Darkness On The Edge Of Town Telegraph Road, Dire Straits, Love Over Gold Dreams, Bodeans, Outside Looking In Ask me again and I’ll have another list
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RIP George Altman
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RIP George Altman
Former Tokyo/Lotte Orion and Hanshin Tiger George Altman has passed away at age 92. Altman's first professional baseball experience was whe...
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A quick look at the Asian players selected in last week's Women's Pro Baseball League draft - specifically do any of them have any baseball cards yet?
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Japanese (And Korean) Players In The WPBL Draft
The Women's Pro Baseball League (WPBL), the latest attempt at a women's professional baseball league (which is somewhat explanatory by the...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/japanese-and-korean-players-in-wpbl.html
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Card Of The Week - a no-hitter in the Mid-East and a Japanese player joining a Korean team
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Card Of The Week November 23
On Tuesday of this past week, I knew what I was going to write for this week's "Card Of The Week" post but then Wednesday happened. I decid...
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RIP Yoshinori Hirose
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RIP Yoshinori Hirose
Longtime Nankai Hawks star and Hall Of Famer Yoshinori Hirose passed away earlier this month from heart failure at age 89. Hirose originally...
https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/rip-yoshinori-hirose.html
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I got Zippy Zapped again and dove probably way too deep into the background of the guy whose cards Kenny sent me
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Zippy Zapped Once More
On Tuesday of this week, I was pleasantly surprised to discover an envelope in the mail from Kenny - aka Zippy Zappy - in Japan. It'd been...
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Oh, wow. Four pitchers (including two with NPB experience) combined to throw a no-hitter for the Mid-East Falcons against the Karachi Monarchs today in Baseball United.
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How many NPB cards of Shohei Ohtani listed him as an "outfielder"?
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Ohtanis In The Outfield
2013 Calbee Series Three #AS-22 I saw a question asked both in comment in an old post here on the blog and over at NPB Reddit about whet...
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about 2 months ago
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Card Of The Week - A couple of the heroes of this weekend's friendly matches between Samurai Japan and Korea
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Card Of The Week November 16
Samurai Japan played two friendly matches with Team Korea over the weekend in Tokyo and things went pretty well for them. They won the game...
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about 2 months ago
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A post about the Japanese players in Baseball United
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Japanese Players In Baseball United
Baseball United , a winter league with four teams representing Middle Eastern and Asian countries - India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the UA...
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Jaws
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Repost with an iconic fictional band:
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