NPB Card Guy
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American fan of Japanese Baseball cards. My blog is https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/
New Import post for Kazuma Okamoto of the Toronto Blue Jays japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/01/kazu...
January 8, 2026 at 2:16 AM
New Import post for Kazuma Okamoto of the Toronto Blue Jays japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/01/kazu...
New Import post for Tatsuya Imai of the Houston Astros japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/01/tats...
January 7, 2026 at 2:16 AM
New Import post for Tatsuya Imai of the Houston Astros japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/01/tats...
My latest Zippy-Zappying japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/01/firs...
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...
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January 6, 2026 at 2:30 AM
My latest Zippy-Zappying japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/01/firs...
Card Of The Week - Kona Takahashi will return to the Lions for 2026 so one half of "Team Long Hair" will remain in Tokorozawa japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/01/card...
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...
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January 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Card Of The Week - Kona Takahashi will return to the Lions for 2026 so one half of "Team Long Hair" will remain in Tokorozawa japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/01/card...
It's National Science Fiction Day. Quote-post with one or more of your favorite books.
January 3, 2026 at 12:55 AM
It's National Science Fiction Day. Quote-post with one or more of your favorite books.
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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: @npbcardguy.bsky.social
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…
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January 2, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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: @npbcardguy.bsky.social
Munetaka Murakami's Samurai Japan cards japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/01/mune...
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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January 2, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Munetaka Murakami's Samurai Japan cards japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/01/mune...
No cheating. Reskeet with the most recent picture of your pet
January 1, 2026 at 11:21 PM
No cheating. Reskeet with the most recent picture of your pet
A thread of some of the concerts that
@sabrak61.bsky.social and I were fortunate enough to attend in 2025. Here's James McMurtry and Betty Soo at Elkton Music Hall in March
@sabrak61.bsky.social and I were fortunate enough to attend in 2025. Here's James McMurtry and Betty Soo at Elkton Music Hall in March
January 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A thread of some of the concerts that
@sabrak61.bsky.social and I were fortunate enough to attend in 2025. Here's James McMurtry and Betty Soo at Elkton Music Hall in March
@sabrak61.bsky.social and I were fortunate enough to attend in 2025. Here's James McMurtry and Betty Soo at Elkton Music Hall in March
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
#booksky #2025reads
#booksky #2025reads
January 1, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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
#booksky #2025reads
#booksky #2025reads
January 1, 2026 at 3:34 AM
In Memoriam 2025 japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-m...
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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January 1, 2026 at 12:21 AM
In Memoriam 2025 japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-m...
Last of the 2025 Reviews - all the NPB card sets that weren't from BBM, Calbee, Epoch or Topps plus some KBO issues japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/im-f...
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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December 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Last of the 2025 Reviews - all the NPB card sets that weren't from BBM, Calbee, Epoch or Topps plus some KBO issues japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/im-f...
2025 In Review - Epoch japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...
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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December 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
2025 In Review - Epoch japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...
2025 In Review - Topps japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...
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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December 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
2025 In Review - Topps japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...
Card Of The Week - there will be three new managers in NPB in 2026 japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/card...
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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December 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Card Of The Week - there will be three new managers in NPB in 2026 japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/card...
All of my Munetaka Murakami Epoch One cards japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/mune...
December 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
All of my Munetaka Murakami Epoch One cards japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/mune...
2025 In Review - Calbee japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...
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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December 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
2025 In Review - Calbee japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...
2025 In Review - BBM japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...
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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December 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
2025 In Review - BBM japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...
Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/mune...
December 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/mune...
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
Who's coming to save you?
Might be ok, might not
December 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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
Who's coming to save you?
Might be ok, might not
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Just a reminder to join me for my 33rd annual takeover of @wxpnfm.bsky.social 24 nonstop live hours - tomorrow from midnight to midnight! Besides on FM you can listen live worldwide AND fire up the JingleCam plus submit your holiday greetings for me to read on air! Just visit XPN.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Just a reminder to join me for my 33rd annual takeover of @wxpnfm.bsky.social 24 nonstop live hours - tomorrow from midnight to midnight! Besides on FM you can listen live worldwide AND fire up the JingleCam plus submit your holiday greetings for me to read on air! Just visit XPN.org
Card Of The Week - RIP Mike Campbell japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/card...
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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December 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Card Of The Week - RIP Mike Campbell japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/card...
First 2026 NPB set announcements japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/2026...
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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December 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
First 2026 NPB set announcements japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2025/12/2026...
Enjoy yourself. It’s later than you think
In memory of Terence Edward Hall, British musician and lead singer of the 2 Tone band The Specials and later a member of several other groups and musical projects
Hall died of pancreatic cancer 3 years ago today on December 18, 2022 at the age of 63
📸 David Corio
#terryhall #thespecials #ska
Hall died of pancreatic cancer 3 years ago today on December 18, 2022 at the age of 63
📸 David Corio
#terryhall #thespecials #ska
December 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Enjoy yourself. It’s later than you think