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I wanted to do a quick post on the passing of Rick Krueger, the former pitcher who was somewhat briefly a member of the Yomiuri Giants in 1979.  Krueger had signed with the Boston Red Sox in 1971 out of Michigan State University (I'm not entirely sure why he wasn't subject to the draft) and spent seven seasons (one of which he missed due to injury) in their organization, in...

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I received yet another envelope in the mail today from Kenny (Zippy Zappy) in Japan.  As he promised me a few weeks ago, this one contained some cards from the lastest Calbee set, 2026 Series One.  There were two base set cards and two insert cards.  Curiously, three o...


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There was a trade last week in NPB.  Mid-season trades are nowhere near as common in Japan as they are in MLB but they do happen.  This was a bit unusual, though, as the Baystars shipped their starting catcher, Yudai Yamamoto, off to the Hawks in exchange for a couple of their former number one draft picks - Tomoya Inoue (first pick in the 2020 draft) and Shuto Ogat...


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Time for another round up of recently announced NPB sets...

- Topps is back for their sixth year of doing NPB sets.  I'm not exactly sure of the details of this year's edition of their flagship set though -


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I had somehow missed the fact that longtime KBO star (and one time Minnesota Twin) Park Byung-ho had retired at the end of last season.  It was only when I saw an arti...


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