New member intro: Greetings from Japan

[Kawika]

Welcome to the Friendly Confines, Sean.
Lots of terrific Japanese baseball things out there. Looking forward to what you share.

[glchen]

Welcome to the board! Another Japanese collectible.

[Yoda]

I lived in Tokyo (Azabu Juban) in the early-mid seventies and found collecting North American sports cards back then almost impossible. Dealers, didn't want to ship internationally, auction houses were not as ubiquitous as now, etc. So being now a Tokyo boy, I became a Yomiuri Giants fan, went to many of their games, (the Japanese fans loved the fact that I was a gaijin supporter, sitting in their section of the stands, and collected a few Nagashima and Oh cards, now long disappeared. I suspect my ex-wife who organized our departure might have had something to do with it. Great memories. Welcome to the board, and I hope we will hear from our Asian correspondent often.
P.S. One of the fascinating things about Japanese baseball back then was the practice of when a batter hit a foul ball, a parade of young pretty Japanese girls armed with gloves would rush the field and whoever caught the ball would dutiful toss it back to one of them. It never failed to amaze me, exemplified Japanese group discipline, but I doubt would ever work at Yankee Stadium. Does this still go on? However, when there was a home run a lucky fan got to keep the ball.

[packs]

Welcome aboard. Here's one I don't get a chance to post too often:

[JasonD08]

Hey greetings a kid I know is pitching for the Baystars......Mike Broadway.

[Exhibitman]

Heckuva Ruth, Gary. Nice to see something completely unknown to me.

Welcome to the show seanofjapan.

[h2oya311]

welcome aboard the board! I used to have a large collection of Japanese HOF cards...now I only have these Nagashima rookies plus a few others (like Oh and Fukumoto:

[clydepepper]

Hello Sean - Welcome to the Board - You will enjoy the time you spend here.

I'm sure you have heard of this guy:

1947 JBR VICTOR STARFFIN PSA-7.jpg