NPB Card Guy
@npbcardguy.bsky.social
American fan of Japanese Baseball cards. My blog is https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/
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
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
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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
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
RIP George Altman japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/rip-...
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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November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
RIP George Altman japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/rip-...
Meant to tag @wpbl.bsky.social
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? japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/japa...
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...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Meant to tag @wpbl.bsky.social
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? japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/japa...
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...
japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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? japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/japa...
Card Of The Week - a no-hitter in the Mid-East and a Japanese player joining a Korean team japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/card...
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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November 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Card Of The Week - a no-hitter in the Mid-East and a Japanese player joining a Korean team japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/card...
RIP Yoshinori Hirose japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/rip-...
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...
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November 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
RIP Yoshinori Hirose japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/rip-...
I got Zippy Zapped again and dove probably way too deep into the background of the guy whose cards Kenny sent me japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/zipp...
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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November 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I got Zippy Zapped again and dove probably way too deep into the background of the guy whose cards Kenny sent me japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/zipp...
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.
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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.
How many NPB cards of Shohei Ohtani listed him as an "outfielder"? japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/ohta...
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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November 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
How many NPB cards of Shohei Ohtani listed him as an "outfielder"? japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/ohta...
Card Of The Week - A couple of the heroes of this weekend's friendly matches between Samurai Japan and Korea japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/card...
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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November 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Card Of The Week - A couple of the heroes of this weekend's friendly matches between Samurai Japan and Korea japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/card...
A post about the Japanese players in Baseball United japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/japa...
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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November 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
A post about the Japanese players in Baseball United japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/japa...
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Jaws
Question 11:
What’s the best piece of media where the adaptation is better than the source material?
What’s the best piece of media where the adaptation is better than the source material?
November 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Jaws
Repost with an iconic fictional band:
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Repost with an iconic fictional band:
Six NPB teams have dispatched players to five teams in two Winter Leagues this fall japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/japa...
Japanese Players Playing In Winter Leagues Abroad
The 2025-26 Caribbean Winter Leagues are already underway and the Australian Baseball League will be starting their season later this week. ...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Six NPB teams have dispatched players to five teams in two Winter Leagues this fall japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/japa...
Quick roundup of the latest NPB card set announcements from BBM, Epoch and Topps japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/endi...
Ending 2025 On A (Mostly) High (End) Note
It's been a bit since my last round up of the upcoming card releases so I thought I should get caught up. I suspect that these are the las...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Quick roundup of the latest NPB card set announcements from BBM, Epoch and Topps japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/endi...
Card Of The Week - former Hawk and Tiger Robert Suarez led the National League in saves this past season. japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/card...
Card Of The Week November 9
I noticed the other day that Robert Suarez of the San Diego Padres had led the National League in saves this past season. Suarez had spent ...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Card Of The Week - former Hawk and Tiger Robert Suarez led the National League in saves this past season. japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/card...
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
Been sitting here feeling melancholy about tomorrow being my last day at the company I’ve worked for for 29 years and starting somewhere new on Monday when @wxpnfm.bsky.social played Sug Daniels’ “Brand New Day” and I feel so much better now. Thanks, Sug. See you in Arden youtu.be/xJoBmocD5vg?...
Sug Daniels - Brand New Day (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Sug Daniels
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November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Been sitting here feeling melancholy about tomorrow being my last day at the company I’ve worked for for 29 years and starting somewhere new on Monday when @wxpnfm.bsky.social played Sug Daniels’ “Brand New Day” and I feel so much better now. Thanks, Sug. See you in Arden youtu.be/xJoBmocD5vg?...
A quick post about a new rabbit hole that @npb-reddit.bsky.social sent me down - Hiroki Kokubo was the sixth player to win a Nippon Series MVP as a player and manage a Nippon Series winning team, so who were the first five? japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/seri...
Series MVP And Winning Manager
A year ago, I went down a rabbit hole based on something that NPB on Reddit had posted about how Daisuke Miura was the 25th player to win a ...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
A quick post about a new rabbit hole that @npb-reddit.bsky.social sent me down - Hiroki Kokubo was the sixth player to win a Nippon Series MVP as a player and manage a Nippon Series winning team, so who were the first five? japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/seri...
Card Of The Week - The championships of the top three professional baseball leagues all wrapped up last week and here are the MVPs japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/card...
Card Of The Week November 2
It was a busy week last week, with the three top professional baseball leagues in the world completing their championships. On Thursday, th...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Card Of The Week - The championships of the top three professional baseball leagues all wrapped up last week and here are the MVPs japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/card...
Quick post about the All Star game MVP inserts from the 1994 and 1995 BBM All Star sets japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/1994...
1994-95 BBM All Star MVP Inserts
BBM issued an annual All Star set in conjunction with NPB's All Star series each year from 1991 to 2012. When I was first learning about Ja...
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November 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Quick post about the All Star game MVP inserts from the 1994 and 1995 BBM All Star sets japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/1994...
Quick post about a Discord server someone's started for Japanese baseball card collectors japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/10/disc...
Discord Server
I was contacted a few weeks ago by someone who had just gotten into collecting Japanese baseball cards and wanted to know if there was any s...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Quick post about a Discord server someone's started for Japanese baseball card collectors japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/10/disc...
More than you ever wanted to know about the 1999 BBM Mr Giants set japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/10/1999...
1999 BBM Mr Giants set
I had mentioned a while back that among the cards I got from Ryan in that big box in July were the last cards I needed to complete the 1999 ...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
More than you ever wanted to know about the 1999 BBM Mr Giants set japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/10/1999...
Card Of The Week - Ukyo Shuto set a record in Game Two of the Nippon Series today japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/10/card...
Card Of The Week October 26
The Tigers and Hawks split the first two games of the 2025 Nippon Series this weekend in Fukuoka, with the Tigers eking out a 2-1 victory in...
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October 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Card Of The Week - Ukyo Shuto set a record in Game Two of the Nippon Series today japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/10/card...