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American fan of Japanese Baseball cards. My blog is https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/
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That pretty much sums up Topps’ NPB efforts
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I heard Flo & Eddie riff on this back in the 80’s
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OK, after reading that, I had to go looking for Lou Christie’s version of “The Heart of Saturday Night”. It’s like you’re listening to a 33 RPM recording being played at 45. Make sure to listen all the way to the end to hear him finish on a high note youtu.be/yt6f-K7JCpw?...
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Fair enough
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Related. My dissatisfaction with MLB has lead me to discover other baseball leagues to spend my time, money and energy on
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There’s a lot of baseball out there that is not MLB
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Had this happen a couple times now with Thriftbooks. Unexpectedly got autographed copies of “You Only Rock Once” by Jerry Blavat and “Saving Yellowstone” by Megan Kate Nelson.
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That’s from the 1959 Doyusha game set (JGA 5) in Engel. That’s Chico Barbon, a Cuban player who spent a number of years playing for Hankyu and worked for the team after his playing days were over
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I have had that card for 25-ish years and never noticed it was misspelled before! I just checked and all the cards in that subset are misspelled. My favorite BBM misspelling, though, remains how they messed up "Titleist" in the 2017 Carp team set
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Are you in Morristown? I used to live in Madison about a billion years ago and we went to church in Morristown
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I like Michael Chabon but I kind of get tired of every book having a character who turns out to secretly be gay
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RIP Mojo
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First computer I ever used was whatever the mainframe at Lawrence Hall of Science in the mid-70’s but I learned to program on a Commodore PET in high school in the early 80’s
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Saw this in Scotland and wondered what they expected us to use the toilets for then
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I believe that Baltimore is the only city to win a Grey Cup and a Super Bowl
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The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy
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That’d be Isamu Kida, not Masao
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Thanks! I really try to be helpful to folks so it’s gratifying to hear this.
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Miss the $5 general admission tickets at the Vet in the late 90’s
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Wrote my last high school English term paper on this. On Halloween a couple years ago, two trick-or-treaters came by dressed as Arthur and Concord. They were surprised I knew who they were.
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Pretty sure Frank Tepedino’s card is airbrushed too
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Still playing for the Tochigi Golden Braves of the independent Baseball Challenge League
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Takadanobaba? Went through there last year after having spent the afternoon at the Lions game
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Seen someone else have it as three also which made me go check again to be sure. Orix won in 1996 for Ichiro’s sole championship
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Only two Series wins as manager - 1994 & 2000
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Rewatching the original Star Trek and was surprised to learn that Roger C Carmel was only in his mid-30’s when he played Harry Mudd. Always looked older to me.
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Wrote some about these a while back. japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2009/06/1967...
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Albers played for the Orix Buffaloes from 2018-20
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Manny Ramirez, Kochi Fighting Dogs legend
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Not universal - NPB’s Central League still has not succumbed
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Surrender by Cheap Trick mentions Kiss
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Sam Horn taught me that lesson
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Doesn’t go back far enough
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Used to trek up there about once a month when I was going to school at UD in Newark. Didn’t remember they sold tickets